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Together with Gallagher’s existing reinsurance operations, the combined businesses will trade as Gallagher Re from more than 70 offices across 31 countries and incorporate 2400 colleagues ROLLING MEADOWS: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, the third largest international...
SCOR strengthens its COMMITMENT for BIODIVERSITY Preservation
Laurent Rousseau, Chief Executive Officer, SCOR “Biodiversity loss threatens the health of the planet and has the potential to greatly disrupt society. Joining act4nature demonstrates SCOR’s commitment to help manage this risk and develop new solutions to protect...
Zurich introduces vehicle protection products for eVs
An electric vehicle operates on an electric circuit run by computers. Repairs on items such as an electronic display screen can cost thousands of dollars. A high-voltage battery is one of the most expensive components in an EV with average replacement costs of $5,500....
India’s plans to resume int flights from Dec 15 on hold:DGCA
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India via Twitter confirmed that the plans to resume international flights from December 15, has been put on hold by the government. "In view of the evolving global scenario with the emergence of the new variant of...
iNDIA’S resilient cOVID-19 PANDEMIC strategies
The South Asian nation is now ranked twenty sixth in the month-to-month snapshot, which measures the place the virus is being dealt with the most successfully with the least social and financial upheaval. The league desk assesses 53 main economies on 12 data points...
BioNTech CEO says Current Covid vaccines can likely protect from omicron, prefers 3rd booster shot
BioNTech SE Chief Executive Officer Ugur Sahin The comments from the chief of BioNTech, Pfizer Inc.’s partner on the Covid vaccine, add to a growing range of views from vaccine developers on the efficacy of their shots against the new variant. Amid a shortage of hard...
U.S. tightens travel rules as more countries secure borders to quell Omicron
Investors remained on edge on Wednesday, even as financial markets came off lows plumbed a day earlier following remarks by the CEO of Moderna that raised questions about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron. In an attempt to stave off hasty border curbs,...
Asian factories shake off supply headaches but Omicron presents new risks
"Overall, with new export orders flooding back to countries previously hamstrung by Delta outbreaks and the disruption further down the supply chain still working through, there is plenty of scope for a continued rebound in regional industry," said Alex Holmes,...
ESG Book aims to ‘disrupt’ sustainability sector with free data
The ESG information sector has become a money spinner as asset managers increasingly rely on providers of such data to meet demand from sustainability focused investors. But it is also coming under closer scrutiny from regulators and governments as trillions of...
Star Health IPO subscribed 12 pc on first day of offer
The category for Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) received 64 per cent subscription and those for non-institutional investors 1 per cent Mumbai: The initial public offer of Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited was subscribed 12 per cent on the first day...
World trade reaches all-time high OF $28 TRILLION, but 2022 outlook ‘uncertain’: UNCTAD
Geopolitical factors may also play a role in this change, as regional trade within Africa and within the Asia-Pacific area increases on the one hand, “diverting trade away from other routes”. Similarly, efforts towards a more socially and environmentally sustainable...
Stricter norms for int’l passengers to be effective from Tuesday midnight
Under the new norms, RT-PCR tests are mandatory for passengers arriving from 'at-risk' countries and they will be allowed to leave the airport only after the test results come. Also, randomly 5 per cent of the passengers arriving in flights from other countries will...
Number of farmers’ suicide fall to 5,579 in 2020: Tomar
''However, the causes of suicides of persons (including farmers) are family problems, illness, drug abuse/addiction, marriage-related issues, love affairs, bankruptcy or indebtedness, failure in examination, unemployment, professional/career problem, and property...
Agri crops in 50.40 lakh hectare hit due to heavy rains & floods so far this year: Tomar
As per the data placed before the Lower House, Karnataka has reported a crop damage in maximum area of 13.98 lakh hectare as of November 25, followed by West Bengal (6.90 lakh hectare), Rajasthan (6.79 lakh hectare), Bihar (5.80 lakh hectare), Maharashtra (4.55 lakh...
World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns
The latest HIV and AIDS Global Snapshot warns that the COVID-19 pandemic is deepening the inequalities that have long driven the HIV epidemic, putting vulnerable children, adolescents, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers at increased risk of missing life-saving...
Supply chain constraints to dent Maruti Suzuki production levels in Dec
Due to supply constraints, the company is expecting an adverse impact on vehicle production in December 2021 in both Haryana and Gujarat (Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt Ltd), owing to a supply constraint of electronic components impacted by shortage of semiconductor...
China sets rules to safeguard drivers’ rights in ride-hailing industry
In a statement, the transport ministry said ride-hailing companies should improve income distribution mechanisms. It also said anti-monopoly measures will be stepped up against such companies and a “disorderly expansion of capital” will be prevented in the sector.The...
Indian economy grows 8.4 pc in July-September, surpasses pre-COVID level
Financial, real estate and professional services growth stood at 7.8 per cent in Q2 FY22 compared to a contraction of 9.1 per cent. This year, a massive second wave of the pandemic hit the country in the middle of April, which forced states to impose fresh...