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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarFewer severe natural disasters in the first half of the year; overall losses well below the average
“The most important thing is to understand the long-term developments. That is why we must continue to make every effort to understand the background to natural disasters, and provide safeguards against them in the form of intelligent prevention measures. This is borne out by statistics on flooding losses in Europe, which have generally decreased thanks to investment in flood protection and control.” Torsten Jeworrekm Munich Re Board member
Labour Ministry finalises Code on Industrial Relations, to seek Cabinet approval
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has been taking steps for simplification, amalgamation and rationalisation of 44 central labour laws into four major labour codes — Code on Wages, Code on Industrial Relations, Code of Social Security, and Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions
J&J ordered to pay $4.69 bn to talc cancer victims
Rate war hots up for NHPS accounts, Apollo Munich Health Insurance bids Nagaland at Rs 444 per family
Private sector general insurers’market share at 55 %, needs Rs 12 -30 billion of capital to maintain growth:ICRA
Lloyd’s launches Digital Distribution Platform`Lloyd’s Bridge’
Post merger AXA and XL Group’s combined operations branded as ‘AXA XL’
“Market conditions are very tough in the Indian general reinsurance business”
Gen Re, a member of the Berkshire Hathaway,run by its famous Warren Buffet, has kicked off its operations in India after receiving the final licence from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
Three of its functionaries- Winfried Heinen, Chairman of the Executive Board of Directors of General Reinsurance AG, Rainer Schurmann, managing director, Property & Casualty, Treaty Asia,Venkatesh N Chakravarty, chief executive officer, India, outline the reinsurer’s strategies for Indian market
Emerging sex disease MG ‘could become next superbug’
Eradication rates of MG following treatment with one family of antibiotics, called macrolides, are decreasing globally.MG can be missed – and if it is not treated correctly, it can develop resistance to antibiotics.One can get it by having unprotected sex with someone who has it. Condoms can prevent this spread.MG does not always cause symptoms and will not always need treatment, but it can be missed or mistaken for a different sexually transmitted infection, such as Chlamydia.
Indian life insurance industry’s total assets hit Rs 34 lakh cr, AUM touches Rs 32 lakh cr in 2017-18, says Manickam
HDFC Ergo launches ‘Title Insurance Policy’
India Heading Towards Comprehensive Healthcare Crisis, Says Amartya Sen
Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India ranks among the poorest achievers of good health. The shortfall of India”s health achievements compared with those of, say, China or Thailand is large and has been growing larger. Even within South Asia, Bangladesh and Nepal have overtaken India in health accomplishment, including in life expectancy
India:Domestic Passenger vehicle sales rise 38% in June; car sales up 34%
Domestic passenger vehicle sales rose 37.54 percent to 2,73,759 units in June this year from 1,99,036 units in the corresponding month last year. Domestic car sales were up 34.21 percent to 1,83,885 units as against 1,37,012 units in June 2017, according to...