by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 23, 2026 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
The release said the decision was aimed at ensuring that the banking needs of customers are not adversely affected for an extended period due to the strike and the preceding holidays. New Delhi: Public sector banks and regional rural banks will remain open and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 23, 2026 | Briefs, Health, Intermediaries
Niva Bupa Health Insurance has signed a corporate agency agreement with LICHFL Financial Services to expand access to comprehensive health insurance solutions.Prakash Kumar Sinha, CEO, LICHFL Financial Services, said, “This partnership brings together our network and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 23, 2026 | Articles, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
From an insurance perspective, events such as recent floods in South Asia reinforce the need for a forward-looking approach to risk assessment. Historical loss data remains important, but should be complemented by climate science, catastrophe modelling, engineering...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 23, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
“Today, more than 60 crore beneficiaries have access to Rs 5 lakh annual health cover making it the largest healthcare scheme in the world,” he said in his post.It has enabled record savings on medical expenses, thus benefitting the poor and middle class.Ayushman...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2026 | Health, Indian News
The Karnataka health regulator on Sunday said it has cancelled 16 drug licences of retailers and wholesalers and suspended eight others in connection with the alleged distribution and sale of spurious medicines. New Delhi: Pfizer on Tuesday said patient safety and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2026 | International News, Risk Management, Technology
The filing says it seeks to hold the company “accountable for designing a dangerous product, distributing it to every home with internet access, ignoring the warnings of their own safety team, refusing to notify authorities when they knew the shooter was planning gun...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Regulation, Risk Management
To attempt to incentivise companies to build more energy- and water-efficient data centers, the Commission has proposed a rating scheme for facilities, to make this information more transparent. Australia’s state of Victoria has banned the construction of data centers...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2026 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Manoj Kumar, group chief executive officer and chairman, MNK Group MNK Group, the independent international insurance group, has also recently completed the acquisition of 100% of ETU Forsikring A/S, a Danish non-life insurer authorised since 2006 and headquartered in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
The backlash against devices that can see, hear and respond to the world around them has been strongest against Meta’s Ray-Bans, which made smart glasses mainstream by pairing EssilorLuxottica’s trendy designs with AI from the social media giant chasing “personal...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2026 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
“Women have long been asked to fit into a health care system that wasn’t designed around their needs or biology,” said Trish Stroman, a BCG managing director and senior partner, and a coauthor of the report. “Addressing that mismatch starts...
