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The committee recommended that there should be three key priorities in the future: strengthening surveillance and achieving vaccination targets for at risk-groups; continuing to increase access to affordable therapeutics; and strengthening pandemic preparedness...
RCap Administrator seeks to reconstruct Reliance Capital into 4 core investment companies
The sole objective of reconstructing RCap CIC into four CICs is to help select bidders of RCap's insurance businesses circumvent the IRDAI guidelines related to the five-year lock-in period Mumbai: In a surprise move, the Reliance Capital (NS:RLCP) (RCap)...
Natural disasters cost global economy over $227 billion till Q3 2022: Aon Cat Report
Michal Lörinc, head of catastrophe insight in Aon’s Impact Forecasting team, said: “It is anticipated that there will be robust loss development across many of the reported natural catastrophes, especially with the realization of costs associated with recent tropical...
CCI slaps penalties totalling Rs 392 cr on MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, OYO
Among others, it was alleged that MMT-Go imposed a price parity in their agreements with hotel partners. Under such pacts, the hotel partners are not allowed to sell their rooms on any other platform or on its own online portal at a price below the price at which it...
Maharashtra: 18 cases of XBB sub-variant of Omicron detected in 15 days
It said 15 out of these 20 cases (18 of XBB and one each of BQ.1 and BA.2.3.20) were vaccinated against COVID-19 while information on the rest five cases is to be received New Delhi:At least 18 cases of XBB sub-variant of Omicron have been reported in Maharashtra in...
Vivek Joshi named new DFS secy, Alka Upadhyaya new road and transport secy
Vivek Joshi, Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Vivek Joshi, will be the new secretary, Department of Financial Services, in place of Malhotra New Delhi: Registrar General of...
India’s domestic passenger volume rose 65% to 10 mn in September: DGCA
The average passenger load factor of these carriers stood at 77.5 per cent against 72.5 per cent PLF delivered in August 2022, the DGCA data show. New Delhi: Domestic air passenger volume grew 64.61 per cent to 10.35 million in September over the same period last...
Hurricane Ian fallout will test Cat Bond investor appetite
Cat bonds are approximately 30% of the ILS market. Commentary from the Monte Carlo Rendezvous 2022 indicated a pipeline of ILS deals of $5 bil. of additional reinsurance capacity, which would benefit insurers facing a hardening market New York: Reinsurers facing...
Five hours of sleep each night linked to greater risk of several diseases: Study
Researchers also found that sleep duration of five hours or less at age 50 was associated with 25% increased risk of mortality over the 25 years of follow-up - which can mainly be explained by the fact that short sleep duration increases the risk of chronic disease(s)...
Rise and fall of ‘Covid Billionaires’, 26 from Asia
Out of the 58 Covid billionaires, 26 have citizenships in Asia, 18 hail from the US and Canada, and 10 from Europe. Just two are female: Falguni Nayar — founder of India’s first woman-led unicorn to go public, beauty retailer Nykaa — and Denise Coates, the co-CEO and...
Real estate, a better choice over gold & equities for investment: Report
While gold has primarily remained a favourite investment for Indian households due to its liquidity and investment size flexibility and equities are highly volatile and easily impacted by social, political, and economic upheavals, real estate is hence always...
Dhariwal appointed as CEO of Max Life Pension Fund
Max Life Insurance on Tuesday announced the appointment of Ranbheer Singh Dhariwal as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its wholly-owned subsidiary Max Life Pension Fund Management Ltd. Dhariwal's appointment is effective October 15, Max Life Insurance Company said...
NHAI InVIT subscribed by 6.69 times
InvITs are instruments on the pattern of mutual funds, designed to pool money from investors and invest in assets that provides cash flows over a period of time New Delhi; National Highways Infra Trust's investment instrument NHAI InvIT, sponsored by the state-owned...
Australian banks may have to rethink mortgages in risk areas -NAB
Ross McEwan, chief executive officer of National Australia Bank Ltd said that as devastating floods become more frequent it raises questions about whether banks will help people buying assets in flood-prone areas and what the cost will be Australian banks may have to...
Rosneft moves into tanker chartering as EU ban looms
With new, tighter Western sanctions looming, Rosneft’s customers are asking the company to handle delivery to the final destination by assuming costs of insurance and freight Russia’s biggest oil exporter Rosneft has expanded its tanker chartering business to ease oil...
U.S. Treasury proposes a new rule to collect data on climate-related risks from P&C insurers
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has pressed U.S. financial regulators to make assessment of climate change risks a normal part of their everyday work, including a demand that companies increase disclosures of such risks to investors Treasury said the proposed...
Govt must set moderate divestment targets, DIPAM Secy
High targets lead to a perception that the government will sell minority stakes in state-run companies, prompting a fall in share prices of such firms, Pandey said. New Delhi: The Indian government should focus on privatisation of state-run companies instead of...
India’s pension system shows marginal improvement in global ranking: Report
Globally, Iceland was ranked at the top followed by the Netherlands, Denmark, Israel, Finland and Australia ''The new labour reforms in India are expected to usher in a framework to facilitate increased participation in private pensions, thereby encouraging higher...