by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
London: Central London could lose as many as 835,000 jobs in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, with employees in service industries increasingly able to work remotely and flexibly, according to research by a consulting firm. An analysis of London’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
The European Union gave its formal blessing to a decision guaranteeing the free flow of data between the bloc and the UK. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, on Monday adopted so-called adequacy decisions that will allow companies to ship data...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
BRUSSELS: The European Commission plans to update its rules on worker safety to reflect the shift millions employees made to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and to reflect the anticipated digital and green recovery. During the pandemic, nearly 40% of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
Zurich: Swiss Re’s iptiQ and ImmoScout24, Germany’s leading online real estate platform, are launching a loss of rent insurance product that integrates seamlessly into ImmoScout24’s digital ecosystem. In just a few clicks, private landlords...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 30, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: Delhi based IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance has partnered with Dvara E-Dairy Solutions, to launch of "Surabhi e-Tag", an AI powered digital tag to identify cattle based on muzzle identity. Muzzle images of the cattle are collected through...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life
HONG KONG: AIA Group Limited announced that it has agreed to invest RMB12,033 million (US$1,860 million)1 through its wholly-owned subsidiary, AIA Company Limited, for a 24.99 per cent equity stake, post investment, in China Post Life Insurance. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW DELHI: India has administered more COVID-19 vaccine doses in the last two weeks than the number of people who signed up for shots during the period, government data showed on Tuesday, signalling improving supplies after widespread shortages. Indians...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The doubling time of coronavirus cases in India has improved to 17.4 days currently from 15.4 days a couple of weeks ago, the Union health ministry said on Friday, even as the country for the first time recorded over 10,000 new instances of the infection in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
Amid the global shortage of the COVID-19 vaccines, a study conducted by Oxford University has found out that alternating doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines generate robust immune responses against the coronavirus. According to the study,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Five Indian generic drugmakers, including Cipla and Dr Reddy's Laboratories, said on Tuesday they would jointly conduct a clinical trial in India for Merck & Co's experimental anti-viral drug to treat mild COVID-19 in non-hospitalised patients....
