by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 21, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management
The downgrade follows months of revelations first reported by the New York Times that companies have been employing children as young as 12 to work in dangerous conditions The composition of supply chains is set to play an increasingly important role for businesses...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Gas suppliers are rerouting or reducing speed on some liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels currently en route to North Asia Shipments to Taiwan and Japan this weekend will be affected, said the sources SINGAPORE: China’s announcement of military drills around...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 25, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic, Policy
As Southeast Asia eases its epidemic restrictions and China continues to battle Omicron flare-ups in its major cities, a new wave of headlines emerged over whether factory orders will continue to flow out of China, and if China should have a sense of crisis as global...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
“Beyond Shanghai, restrictions on inter-regional mobility mean that supply-chain snarls will not disappear overnight,” wrote Bloomberg Economics Chief Asia Economist Chang Shu in a Tuesday note. “A retreat in virus infections allowed Shanghai to begin reopening. But...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 1, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
“The impact of the crisis in the form of higher fuel and commodity prices also poses a risk to (automobile) demand prospects, in case it materialises into a long drawn out war,” ICRA said Carmakers in India reported a sharp rise in annual sales for the...