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Demand for cyber security staff up 3 times in 1 yr, to escalate: Report
The report said, organisations are going on a hiring spree to secure their data and systems, and the demand for cyber security professionals is in both tech as well as non-tech companies.According to the research, currently, there are 10,000-15,000 open jobs related to cyber security across tech and non-tech roles in India.
Foreign investors’ bearish stance continues in March; outflow at Rs 60 bn
Legalising ‘living will’: No PA death claims,Life Insurance claims only for more than one-yr old policy
SC holds passive euthanasia, living wills permissible
16.65 crore PAN, 87.79 crore bank accounts linked to Aadhaar: Government
SCOR raises $ 625 million through innovative bonds
Irdai proposes to lower third-party insurance premium on small cars
Nitin Gadkari launches toll-free emergency number, app for highway users
Cigna and Express Scripts in $67 bn health merger
Working millenials not saving enough for their retirement
“While it could be assumed that millennials have plenty of time to save for retirement, they have to shoulder more responsibility than their parents and grandparents to do so, Compared to older generations, millennials are less likely to have employer-provided pension or defined benefit retirement plans. Additionally, millennials are likely to live longer,” said Rui Yao, associate professor at University of Missouri.
March 31 Deadline For Aadhaar Linkage May Be Extended, Government Tells Supreme Court
AXA acquiers XL Group for $ 15.3 bn, Indian reinsurance branches of both cos will be merged
The combination of AXA’s and XL Group’s existing position will propel the Group to the number one global position in P&C commercial lines with combined 2016 revenues of 30 billion euros and total P&C revenues of 48 billion euros.Sources in Paris said, reinsurance branches of both the companies will be merged in India
9 battle it out for IRDA chairmanship
Along with S Khuntia, a former chief secretary, Karnataka, eight other candidates including Nilesh Sathe, member(Life), IRDAI, BS Bhandari, member, PFRDA, G Srinivasan, CMD, New India Assurance, AV Girija Kumar, CMD, Oriental Insurance Company, VK Sharma, chairman, Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) and three managing directors of the LIC – Hemant Bhargava, Sunita Sharma and B Venugopal, were interviewed by a five -member panel headed by cabinet secretary PK Sinha. .
Axa in Advanced Talks to Buy U.S. Insurer XL Group
Buying XL, which sells insurance to other insurers, would bolster Axa’s casualty coverage business in the U.S., and mark the biggest insurance deal since 2015, according to Bloomberg data. Such firms have become ripe takeover targets as policy prices begin to increase after firms booked heavy losses last year due to a spate of natural disasters.
Last chance for medical devices firms to submit price data: NPPA
Health savings to outweigh costs of limiting global warming in India, China
Depending on the strategy used to mitigate climate change, estimates suggest that thehealth savings from reduced air pollution could be between 1.4-2.5 times greater than the costs of climate change mitigation, globally.Health costs from air pollution include medical treatment, patient care, and lost productivity.
India-So far 80% bank accounts, 60% mobile connections linked with Aadhaar
Out of the 1.09 billion banks accounts, almost 870 million have been seed with Aadhaar, said the official of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues the national ID number.Of this, 58 0 million have already been verified while in case of the rest the authentication process is underway with the documents that have been submitted to the banks, the official said.