by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2022 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
The round also saw participation from We Founder Circle, Dexter Angels, Campus Fund, HEM Angels and other private investors, according to a release by HealthySure Mumbai: Insurtech HealthySure has raised $1.2 million (Rs 9crore approx.) in a Pre-Series A round led by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2022 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
The pandemic has accelerated innovation in the industry with re/insurers prepared to buy, fund or partner with the technology companies that can help provide product innovation and greater agility to deliver a competitive advantage, said the Clyde & Co. report,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Disastrous floods, deadly heatwaves and devastating cyclones are taking a heavy toll in the Bay of Bengal region, which covers more than 2 million sq km (772,204 sq miles) – impacting Bangladesh and parts of Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar and India Military and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 15, 2022 | Data, Non-Life, Technology
The total global car market grew just 4 per cent in 2021 as it continued to struggle with Covid-19 restrictions and chip shortages, while EV sales represented 9 per cent of all passenger car sales last year, according to market research firm Canalys Nearly 85 per cent...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 15, 2022 | Indian News, Life, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
The initial public offering (IPO) of over 31.6 crore shares or 5 per cent government stake is likely to hit the market in March and employees and policyholders of the insurance behemoth would get a discount over the floor price Mumbai: Life Insurance Corporation of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 15, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Risk Management
“I think that now we need to move more into more focused and targeted type of policies that can enhance the resiliency of firms — not of all of them because we know that they have been sectoral shifts, shifts in demand and so on and some firms regretfully...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 15, 2022 | Indian News, Regulation
Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday said the requirement to split Chairperson and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer positions at listed companies will not be mandatory and will be implemented on a voluntary basis Mumbai: Industry bodies on Tuesday...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 15, 2022 | Facts, Health, Pandemic, Policy
He also said the endemic phase of COVID-19 is expected to last many months and it is ” most unlikely” that another variant with higher transmissibility than Omicron and greater virulence than Delta will emerge The third wave of COVID-19 in India has been...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 15, 2022 | Indian News, Regulation, Technology
”We have also seen that cryptocurrencies are not amenable to definition as a currency, asset or commodity; they have no underlying cash flows, they have no intrinsic value; that they are akin to Ponzi schemes, and may even be worse. These should be reason enough...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 14, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
The “social cost of greenhouse gases” estimate is used in rule-making and permitting processes to estimate economic damages associated with a rise in greenhouse gas emissions. Those could include things like impacts to agricultural productivity or property damage from...