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Using artificial intelligence to red-flag emerging pandemics
Raina MacIntyre AI filtering and analysis of open-source data could stop future epidemics from becoming global pandemics Raina MacIntyre Serious infectious diseases have become more frequent in the past decade. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, infectious diseases...
Stranded Ships: 200 container ships grounded globally over past decade
The insurance industry has always supported the development of the shipping industry providing ship-owners are taking into account the risks that accompany any increase in size. Building ships for just economies of scale is not enough, says Allianz Nearly one year...
Indian Banks share in industrial credit plunges to 34% in FY21, says report
Outstanding non-food credit growth moderated from an already low 6.1 per cent in March 2020 to 5.5 per cent in March 2021 as the pandemic shock hit the economy The share of non-banks in the commercial credit has more than doubled to 44 per cent while that of foreign...
Sanjay Godhwani appointed to new executive leadership roles at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
Sanjay Godhwani Sanjay will be responsible for all North America Region underwriting and underwriting support groups, customer & broker engagement, and BHSI’s Global Catastrophe Engineering & Analytics group BOSTON & NEW YORK: Berkshire Hathaway Specialty...
Covid-19 deaths: SC allows Centre to conduct inquiry into fake claims
A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said the government can verify 5 per cent of claims in four states -- Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh -- where the gap between number of claims and recorded deaths was wide The top court also set a period...
Japan considering mandatory disclosure of gender wage, female manager ratio – sources
The government is also considering having firms disclose the ratio of male workers on childcare leave, said the sources, who declined to be identified as they were not authorised to speak to the media. "The wage gap between men and women is an economic and financial...
Hannover Re makes insurtech innovation platform hr | equarium openly accessible
"Like a dating service for singles, hr | equarium acts as a go-between for insurers and insurtechs and has established itself in this role as the leading innovation platform," said Claude Chèvre, the responsible member of Hannover Re's Executive Board Hannover:...
WTW partners with RIMS for promoting risk management and resilient organisations in APAC
Simon Weaver, Head of Corporate Risk & Broking, Asia and Australasia, and Head of Australasia, WTW, said,`` As the coronavirus becomes endemic, a broad set of societal risks have become ever-present in business decision making for all organisations today High...
Explainer: Can companies leaving Russia recoup losses through insurance?
Vladimir Putin,President,Russia Companies that leave and abandon their business without any action taken by the Russia government to seize control of their assets will have a tough time collecting insurance, according to legal experts "You see companies saying 'we're...
U.N. to roll out global early-warning systems for extreme weather
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization With the trend expected to worsen as global temperatures continue to climb, "there is a need to invest $1.5 billion" in the next five years to predict when extreme events might occur, said World...
ICICI Lombard and Airtel Payments Bank tie-up for Smartphone Insurance
With a monthly premium starting at Rs 1299, customers can get an insurance sum that is equivalent to the purchase price of their smartphone. Customers can get this insurance on their own until ten days after purchasing a smartphone priced between Rs 10,000 to Rs...
Private vs. public: predicting and preparing for future pandemics
COVID-19 turned into a US$22-trillion disaster killing more than six million people globally partly because the dots between warning and action were not connected. Some governments took quick and precautionary action, especially those that had invested in their public...
Pandemic keeps uber rich off charities, contribution drops from 18% to 11%: Report
CSR, family philanthropy and retail giving cumulatively contribute about 84 per cent of the total private philanthropic capital in the country, ''and they will act as three strong pillars as we move ahead'', says the report Mumbai: In spite of a massive jump in the...
Hackers hit authentication firm Okta, drawing concern across security industry
The screenshots were posted by a group of ransom-seeking hackers known as Lapsus$ on their Telegram channel late on Monday. In an accompanying message, the group said its focus was "ONLY on Okta customers." 'BE VERY VIGILANT' Okta Inc, whose authentication services...
MHA ends COVID-19 containment measures from Mar 31; wearing of face mask to continue
In a communication to the chief secretaries of all states, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said that over the last 24 months, significant capacities have been developed for various aspects of management of the pandemic, such as diagnostics, surveillance, contact...
Higher Motor 3rd Party motor premium to be implemented after mid-May
``Notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of 30 days from the date on which the copies of this notification as published in the Gazette of India, are made available to the public,'' said the...
Marsh launches ESG Risk Rating to measure companies’ ESG performance
``With the ESG Risk Rating, we are providing our clients with a clear framework from which to better understand their ESG performance, make more informed investment decisions, and realize better risk management outcomes,” said Amy Barnes, Head of Climate and...
U.S. SEC proposes companies disclose range of climate risks, emissions data
It would also require companies to disclose greenhouse gases generated by suppliers and partners, known as Scope 3 emissions, if they are material or included in any emissions targets the company has set SEC chair Gary Gensler said the agency was responding to...