by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2021 | Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has refused to modify its order directing the deregistration of diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR which are over 10 years old. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted that the appeal against its order has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management
PEMBROKE, Bermuda; Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced today that Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS) will offer protection for epidemic and pandemic risk. Triggered by civil...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2021 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
ROLLING MEADOWS: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced an agreement to acquire the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers Watson plc. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2021. Willis Re's treaty reinsurance...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Technology
New Delhi: Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday released 'IndiGau', India's first cattle genomic chip for the conservation of pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds like Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal, Ongole. This indigenous chip was...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: The government has a target of connecting all Indians through the Internet by 2025 mostly through broadband of BharatNet, simplifying cyber-law for ease of doing business and focusing on high technology like Quantum Computing and Artificial intelligence,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
Aurangabad: State-owned Indian Oil is planning to set up electric vehicle charging points at 100 of its outlets across Maharashtra, including five in the Marathwada region, a senior official said here on Friday. Its General Manager (Retail Sales) Ajay Kumar...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Mumbai: The losses caused to the industrial sector in the Mahad-Chiplun belt of Maharashtra's Konkan area due to rains and floods in July were to the tune of Rs 2,500 crore, state industries minister Subhash Desai said on Friday. He said the figure was part of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Mumbai: With Covid-19 pandemic hitting global re/insurnace business, GIC Re, despite having a higher investment income, on Friday reported a year- on year(Y-o-Y) rise of 38 % in net losses to Rs 771.73 crore for the June 2021 quarter on the back of huge...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
As the pandemic has progressed, researchers have begun to understand how COVID-19 impacts our bodies. Early in the pandemic, risk factors such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes were quickly associated with an increased risk of severe illness and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life
For two years, New York temporarily set aside its usual time limit on civil lawsuits in order to allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue churches, hospitals, schools, camps, scout groups and other institutions and people they hold responsible for enabling...
