by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 18, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Policy
Studies of Chinese vaccines suggest they offer significantly less protection against infection from omicron, even after three doses, than a booster shot from a Western vaccine using mRNA technology. A Chinese mRNA vaccine is still in trials One major reason China is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 18, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
Renesas Electronics Corp, which makes nearly a third of the microcontroller chips used in cars globally, said a stop on two factories and a partial stop on a third remained in place Tokyo: Japanese manufacturers began restarting production at some of the plants that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 18, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
Regulators are increasingly worried that more consumers are buying 17,000 different cryptoassets, including bitcoin and ether, which account for 60% of the market, without being fully aware of the risks LONDON:, Consumers risk losing all their money invested in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 18, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Reinsurance
In its annual sustainability report released Thursday, Swiss Re said it would no longer insure projects that get the go-ahead from their parent company from 2022, unless the company has an independently verified, science-based plan to reach net-zero emissions Now, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 18, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
Nadine Dorries,UK Digital Secretary The Online Safety Bill has been dubbed a milestone in the fight for a new digital age, which will hand the country’s communications watchdog the power to fine or even ban offensive websites. It is also designed to protect children...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2022 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
“If the forecast materialises, tropical cyclone Asani will become the first-ever tropical cyclone to hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands in March. Not a single tropical cyclone has hit the region in March in at least 132 years,” Akshay Deoras, a meteorologist at the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2022 | International News, Technology
The company has reviewed its systems and processes together with Singapore Airlines and concluded that the breach was an isolated incident that came about due to a human error. None of its other databases or systems had been compromised Singapore: Personal information...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, International News
The ClientEarth lawyers said they are seeking to hold the directors personally liable for what they consider to be a failure to adequately prepare for the global shift to a low-carbon economy, claiming an alleged breach of the directors’ duties under the UK Companies...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Policy
The report also said big developing countries like India and China, which in 2018 accounted for 42% of all emissions, “will dominate the uncertainty” in climate progress with their emissions growing faster in coming years than emissions are reduced elsewhere...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 17, 2022 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
The strong increase in earnings in 2021 allows reinsurers to overcompensate for a rise in excess mortality losses linked to Covid-19, above-average natural catastrophe claims and a lower investment income Paris/Frankfurt: The four major European reinsurers – Hannover...
