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From France to Japan, governments were organising evacuations, while Hong Kong – scene of anti-China unrest for months – planned to suspend rail and ferry links with the mainland. United Airlines said it was suspending some flights between the United States and China for a week from Feb.1 due to a “significant decline in demand.”
Tata AIG collaborates with Drone Federation of India for Drone Insurance
“With the government taking active steps to support drone manufacturing and drone operations in India, we will soon see proactive usage of drones in activities like mining, construction, surveillance, transport, fire-fighting, law enforcement, agricultural and topographical data acquisition, insurance assessments, media and entertainment,” said Smit Shah, Director – Partnerships, DFI.
India among top 30 countries at ‘high risk’ from coronavirus spread: Study
Digitalisation:Transforming The Insurance Industry
“As a result of digitalisation, insurers now have direct connection to their customers“, says Jeffrey Bohn, Chief Research & Innovation Officer at Swiss Re Institute. “With the availability of granular data, insurers can better segment customers enabling them to develop new tailored products and services, and refine existing ones in real time. This benefits customers and insurers alike.“
Coronavirus outbreak: IndiGo, Air India suspend flights between India and China
Indian economy in great position; consumption story growing: BofA CEO
Many global firms face high Coronavirus costs due to insurance exclusions
Facebook will pay $550 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed it illegally stored user data
Facebook said it had 2.89 billion monthly active users of its products around the world, but growth stagnated in the US and Canada on the main social network — the primary source of advertising sales. Monthly active users hit 2.5 billion on the main network as of Dec. 31, slightly topping analysts’ estimate of 2.49 billion.
Fighting Coronavirus virus with hygienic maesures
Hospitals are meant to be places where disease is cured — but they can also be where it’s most effectively propagated. That’s particularly the case with coronaviruses: The 2015 outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in South Korea took place almost entirely within healthcare settings, with just a handful of transmissions outside of hospitals. About a fifth of people who caught Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome worldwide were healthcare workers. That share rises further if you include patients who were infected in hospitals and clinics.
Coronavirus infects Asia stocks with exposure to China
“We don’t know how long it will go,” said Peter Costello, chairman of Australia’s $115 billion sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, in a media briefing to coincide with a regular portfolio update.
“Obviously we hope that the measures that have been taken now will contain the virus but it’s still far too early. It will have an obvious negative effect on the Australian economy and indeed beyond,” added Costello, a former Australian treasurer.
Ahead of Olympics, Tokyo prepares foreigners for potential disasters
Death toll crosses 100 in China, global stocks tumble
IRDAI issues guidelines on group health insurance policies of merged PSBs
Upon merger of these PSBs, the underlying group health Insurance policies of the customers of the merged banks will be continued to be serviced by the respective insurance companies which issued the policies till the end of policy period. The insurance companies will make suitable arrangements with the acquiring banks to this effect.
Worldwide sales of smartphones decline for 1st time since 2008
Oil giant Total sued by 14 French cities, NGOs over failure to cut carbon emissions
Apple’s China-centric supply chain Braces for disruption from Coronavirus
“Supply chain disruption is a worry if employees across Foxconn and other component manufacturing hubs in China are restricted,” said analyst Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities Inc. “If the China outbreak becomes more spread it could negatively impact the supply chain which would be a major investor worry.”
Cyber attacks in Europe, ME could be work of Turkey-sponsored hackers
The hackers have attacked at least 30 organizations, including government ministries, embassies and security services as well as companies and other groups, according to a Reuters review of public internet records. Victims have included Cypriot and Greek government email services and the Iraqi government’s national security adviser, the records show.
FinMin’s new measures to protect prudent commercial decision of bankers
Considering the complexities involved in the commercial decisions of managers in public sector firms, the Central Vigilance Commission set up the Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF) for a mandatory first level examination on suspected frauds in excess of Rs 50 crore, involving public servants equivalent in rank to GMs and above, before enquiry or investigations begin.