by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
LONDON: Aon plc a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, today announces the formation of its EMEA M&A and Transaction Solutions Advisory Board. The new advisory board will support the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Health, Interviews, Life, Non-Life, Regulation
SC Khuntia,Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India How do you see 20 years of liberalisation of the Indian insurance sector? Is it a success story? What more need to be done? The liberalisation of the Indian insurance sector has been beneficial...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The spiraling crisis from resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India has dented support for the ruling BJP but voter support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party will remain strong over the coming quarters and through this humanitarian crisis, Fitch Solutions...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
Bengaluru: India's fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic has so far been conservative, according to a new report, which suggested a Rs 5.5 lakh crore stimulus package to deal with the crisis. Bold measures will be required to emerge stronger from the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
Hyderabad: Foreign players can raise their stakes upto 74 per cent in the Indian insurance sector soon, said Subhash Khuntia, chairman, IRDAI. “The relevant provisions of the Insurance Act, 1938 have already been amended. The draft amendment...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington: The US has reissued its travel advisory on India, urging its citizens not to travel to the country due to an unprecedented surge in the COVID-19 cases there. India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
GENEVA: Nepal is being overwhelmed by a Covid-19 surge as India's outbreak spreads across South Asia, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Wednesday. "We need to act now and we need to act fast to have any hope of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: A PIL urged the Delhi High Court on Thursday to direct the Centre and Delhi government for setting up vaccination centres in the offices of Residential Welfare Associations (RWAs), cooperative societies, NGOs to reduce people's exposure to COVID...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The good news is that the vaccines work against a new virus strain circulating in India that’s spread to several other countries. The bad news is it won’t be only the new version of the pathogen to emerge from an outbreak of this scale, underscoring the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 6, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India on Thursday reported 4,12,262 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. With this, the cumulative count of COVID-19 cases in the country has gone up to 2,10,77,410,...