by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Tokyo: When Japan won the competition to host the 2020 Olympics in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it would be a “tremendous opportunity for Tokyo and for Japan to shine at the very center of the world...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar/Vishakhapatnam Cyclone 'Yaas', packing winds of up to 130-145 kmph, whiplashed the country's eastern coasts on Wednesday, dumping heavy rain, damaging houses and farmlands, and leaving at least four persons dead – three in...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the AAP government to give more publicity to Covid-19 helplines in newspapers on a daily basis so that people know where to go in case of a need. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said a corner or...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
The United States is not assured of being fully safe from the coronavirus even with its high rate of vaccination unless it extends the global fight to defeat the variants from the scourge, US Agency for International Development (USAID) Covid-19 Task Force member,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Technology
Systems are still down a week after a ransomware attack disrupted the IT network of five hospitals in the New Zealand district of Waikato, and concerns remain that private patient information may have been exposed. Patients are being asked to arrive at...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation
LONDON: Brexit has given Britain a “unique” opportunity to refashion its globally important insurance sector to attract more new entrants without undermining high regulatory standards, the Bank of England said on Tuesday. Brexit allows Britain to...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
An Egyptian court rejected an appeal by the owner of a giant container ship that blocked the Suez Canal to allow it to leave the country, as a legal dispute over compensation continues. Sunday’s ruling marked the second time Japan’s Shoei Kisen...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
A leading Japanese matchmaking app was hacked, likely exposing the personal information of more than 1.7 million account holders, in the latest high-profile online attack. Net Marketing Co., which runs the Omiai dating app, said that it found evidence of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
London: The Bank of England set out plans on Friday to use its 20 billion pounds ($28.4 billion) of corporate bond holdings to nudge companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions faster, part of a wider government strategy to achieve net-zero emissions. The BoE...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 26, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Barclays Plc has been dragged into a bitter feud between two French insurers over its role in a failed hostile takeover bid. SCOR SE is suing Barclays in London for breach of confidence when the bank advised Covéa on its bid to acquire SCOR in 2018....
