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New Delhi: The disruption in the body’s biological clock, or circadian misalignment, brought about by working night shifts affects the hormones which regulating appetite, the team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, UK, said Scientists reveal how working...
Airlines split over safety risk of Israel flights
Airlines have faced warnings over insurance cover in the wake of the weekend attacks on Israel by Hamas militants Airlines wrestled with the safety risk of evacuation operations in Israel on Thursday, with Norwegian Air and Dutch KLM canceling flights while Air France...
Governments join rescue effort as airlines face Israel insurance alert
Israel’s parliamentary finance committee said late on Tuesday it would debate authorizing state guarantees for providing war risk insurance for Israeli airlines The panel said insurance companies had indicated they were entitled to cancel cover with seven days’...
RBI slaps Rs 5.39 crore penalty on Paytm PB for violating series of norms
The central bank also found non-compliance with certain provisions related to 'RBI Guidelines for Licensing of Payments Banks', 'Cyber security framework in banks' and 'Securing mobile banking applications including UPI ecosystem' Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on...
GI Council ropes in health insurance expert to implement 100% cashless payment system
Segar Sampathkumar, director, Health Insurance, GI Council Such a system, which currently serves 52 per cent of health policies, will create a seamless technological mechanism for all the insurers to settle policy holders’ claims cashless without any manual...
RBI showing interest in technology as it impacts world order Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar
Recent technologies, such as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, quantum computing and robotics, have the potential not only to revolutionise human and social lives, but also to alter the global order, the RBI deputy governor T Rabi Sankar pointed out He...
4 dead, 70 injured as Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express derails near Bihar
Buxar Superintendent of Police Manish Kumar told PTI four passengers had died in the accident. A Railway Police Force official said at least 70 passengers have been injured and shifted to local hospitals. Those with serious injuries were rushed to AIIMS, Patna...
Early warning system for India’s flooded glacial lake was delayed by a year
In recent years, glacial flood early warning systems have been deployed in China, Nepal, Pakistan and Bhutan as climate change has raised the risks of flooding. The Lhonak Lake system is a pilot project being executed with the help of Swiss agencies, with India’s...
Wealth Management: Digitally empowering relationship managers key to growth of business, Accenture
“With growing investable wealth in India, banks and wealth management firms have a huge opportunity for growth. It is imperative that they digitally empower their relationship managers using generative AI and intelligent automation so they can significantly step up...
Use of Weather Derivatives surges as extreme climate events rock the globe
Weather derivatives let buyers hedge against the risk that the weather will damage their business. Unlike insurance, where companies must prove they have suffered a loss, they pay out based on indexes. These might track the temperature in Paris or rainfall in New York...
Israel’s ports feel strain as shipping traffic slows after attacks
Israel is among countries in the Middle East already considered a high-risk area by insurers in the London insurance market, a key center for marine insurance cover.Ships pay an additional war risk premium for seven-day voyages to Israel. Since Saturday’s attacks...
Global economic losses from extreme weather could hit $5 trillion -Lloyd’s
“The global economy is becoming more complex and increasingly subject to systemic threats,” said Trevor Maynard, executive director of Systemic Risks at the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies London: Global economic losses could reach $5 trillion under a “plausible...
Insurtech InsuranceDekho raises $60 million at $650mn valuation
“We will use this money for M&A opportunities, to build a strong tech product team, for branding and we’re going to use it to open new business lines like getting into reinsurance,” Ankit Agrawal, the founder and chief executive officer of InsuranceDekho, said in...
Intangible Risks: 80% of global listed companies’ $ 76 trilion digital assets value remains uninsured, says Swiss Re
South Korea came out on top of the Swiss Re's Insurance Digitalisation Index, followed by Sweden, Finland and the US. While advanced markets with strong physical infrastructure and high internet access rates have made most progress in digitalising their economies,...
Equity mutual funds record significant net inflows in Sep
While the overall net flows experienced a dip in various categories, it is noteworthy that thematic/sectoral funds extended their positive trend into the current month, attracting the highest net inflows New Delhi: Inflow into equity mutual funds slumped by over 30...
Indian govt panel wants car ratings tied to improved connectivity -draft
In a country with high accident rates, the advice could force automakers to equip the connected cars, as they are known, with technology using the airwaves to send warnings between drivers, and communicate with road systems like traffic lights. New Delhi: An Indian...
Bharti to acquire AXA’s 49% stake in Indian life Insurance JV, scouts for new partners, AXA exits both Indian life and non-life biz
Bharti’s intention is to ensure that the life Insurance business continues to serve the Indian market and, in this regard, it is engaging with other strategic and financial investors to partner and or combine, so as continue to scale this business New Delhi: Sunil...
LIC receives Rs 37,000 tax notice from J&K GST body
The Jammu & Kashmir GST authority has calculated the pending dues of the LIC saying the corporation has paid taxes at 12% instead of 18 % on certain invoices Mumbai: Life Insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) on Wednesday said it has received a demand...