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According to a new survey from buy-now, pay-later company Affirm, millennials see the ability to manage finances as the No. 1 attractive trait in a partner The whipsawing economics of recent years have made millennials keenly aware of financial stability, even more so...
FOCUS-Life insurers adapt pandemic risk models after claims jump
Claims rose most in the United States, India, and South Africa due to the more lethal variants and a rise in fatalities or illnesses among younger and unvaccinated groups The global life insurance industry was hit with reported claims due to COVID-19 of $5.5 billion...
LIC’s mega IPO to hit markets by March
Officials are working on the valuation of the company which manages more than $450 billion of assets, and once that is done they will issue a draft IPO prospectus for investors, a government and two banking sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. New Delhi:...
U.S. business fears never ending liability from ‘take-home’ COVID-19 lawsuits
The Dec. 21 ruling allowed a wrongful death lawsuit to proceed against See's Candies Inc, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, by the family of Arturo Ek of Los Angeles who died in April 2020 at 72 from COVID-19 As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say...
Emerging economies learn to manage Covid-19
In India, where the immunization rate is about 45%, antibody surveys suggest that most of the population has already had Covid in the past, which experts believe could lessen the impact of the coming wave Developing nations brought to their knees by earlier waves of...
Renewable energy growth creating increased demand for transition plans:WTW
“The renewable energy industry is transforming at a speed which can be difficult to track. This can be seen in the record growth in solar PV and wind capacity additions - beating previous year’s record, as well as the increasing interest from insurers in offshore wind...
ANALYSIS-India’s new COVID-19 rules aim to free up resources but carry risks
"This new strategy will affect data from rural India or certain states in a disproportionate way," said Bhramar Mukherjee, an epidemiology professor at the University of Michigan. "It will be harder to predict upcoming hotspots and epicenters," she added, which would...
Universal health care bill advances in California Assembly
first step toward abolishing the private health insurance market in the nation’s most populous state and replacing it with a government-run plan that they promised would never deny anyone the care they need SACRAMENTO, Calif: California Democrats on Tuesday took their...
India reports over 2.47 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 27 pc higher than y’day
380 COVID-19 infected patients lost lives in India in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,85,035, the Union Health Ministry said. Of the 69.73 crore total tests conducted so far, a daily positivity rate of 13.11 per cent was reported in the country. Further,...
Maharashtra likely to see rise in COVID-19 hospitalisations by Jan-end or early Feb: Health dept
Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 46,723 fresh coronavirus cases, a jump of 12,299 infections from a day ago, and 32 fresh fatalities. The new cases included 86 Omicron infections Mumbai:Maharashtra is expected to see a spike in hospitalisation of COVID-19 patients in...
Life insurance is witnessing shift from ‘savings ’ to ‘protection’:IRDAI member
K. Ganesh, Member (Life), IRDAI said fintech will redefine distribution and customer services Pune: K. Ganesh, Member (Life), IRDAI has said the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the peoples’ perspective of life insurance from ‘savings oriented’ to ‘protection oriented’....
Climate-fueled permafrost thaw threatens up to half of Arctic infrastructure -report
The world’s permafrost — land that remains frozen year-round — has been warming at between 0.3 and 1.0 degree Celsius per decade since the 1980s, with some areas of the High Arctic having increased by more than 3°C over four decades, according to a scientific review...
Once in a lifetime COVID pandemic has reaffirmed importance of health sector: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi "The problem of shortage of doctors in India was well-known. But there were not enough efforts to address this problem. Perhaps vested interests also did not let previous governments take the right decisions. And, access to medical...
Technology can democratise healthcare delivery: Cardiologist Devi Shetty
Devi Prasad Shetty,Chairman,Narayana Hrudayalaya, "If they don't need an operation, I don't need to touch them. And if I don't need to touch them, I don't need to be there. I can be anywhere. I can talk to them, get the data and explain to them what the problem is and...
Bharat Biotech says Covaxin booster shot neutralises Omicron
"The neutralisation activity of Covaxin-boosted sera was comparable to what has been observed in mRNA vaccine-boosted sera against the Omicron variant.More than 90% of all individuals boosted with Covaxin showed neutralising antibodies,"Bharat Biotech said in a...
COVID-19: 115 deaths reported globally due to Omicron, one in India, says Health Ministry
"Emerging states of concerns reporting high positive rates- Maharashtra with a rate positivity rate of 22.39 per cent, West Bengal 32.18 per cent, Delhi 23.1 per cent and Uttar Pradesh 4.47 per cent," he added. Agarwal also stated that there are eight countries in...
78% of Indians feel insurance is an important part of financial planning: SBI Life Survey
But 38% of the Indians feel that the situation could worsen over the next three months and their top three worries attributed to (1) Rising medical/ treatment cost (2) Instability of Jobs (3) concerns around Health of family/self Mumbai, January 12, 2022: SBI Life...
Natural disasters cost $120bn of insured losses worldwide in 2021, relatively low losses in Asia-Pacific: Munich Re
Torsten Jeworrek, member of the Board of Management,Munich Re The costliest natural disaster in 2021 was Hurricane Ida, causing $65bn of economic losses and US$ 36bn of insured losses Torsten Jeworrek, member of the Board of Management,Munich Re, said the images of...