by AIP Online Bureau | May 4, 2021 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Singapore: Markel International, the specialist insurer, has appointed Joe Wong, as a specialist financial lines underwriter in Singapore to strengthen the Company’s financial lines product offerings in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Reporting to Simon...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic, Technology
According to UN trade and development experts UNCTAD, the e-commerce sector saw a "dramatic" rise in its share of all retail sales, from 16 per cent to 19 per cent in 2020. The digital retail economy experienced the most growth in the Republic of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 4, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life, Technology
American technology conglomerate Google recently announced that its earthquake alerts system will now work in more countries. The safety feature essentially creates a large network of earthquake detectors by utilising sensors in Android phones worldwide. Android users...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's total tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the 2 crore mark with 3,57,229 infections being reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 2,22,408 with 3,449 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. 50...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 4, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: Appreciation of healthcare professionals in fight against Covid-19 should not be “reduced to rhetoric”, the Supreme Court has said, directing the Centre to apprise it as to how many claims of “Corona Warriors” under PM...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation
New Delhi: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has suggested setting up model insured villages throughout the country to increase insurance penetration in rural areas. The concept of setting up model insured villages was mooted...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Nagpur: Amajor fire broke out in a paper manufacturing company located near here in Maharashtra on Monday, a senior official said, adding nobody was injured. Nagpur Municipal Corporation's Chief Fire Officer Rajendra Uchke said the blaze erupted at 4 pm in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria on Monday advised avoiding unnecessary computerised tomography scan (CT scan) in cases of mild symptoms of Covid-19 and warned against use of steroids in the early infections of the deadly disease. Addressing a press...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management
London: A UK based study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, found that hidden air pollutants like fine particles- PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), both hazardous to health, are increasing in Indian cities. According to scientists using...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Agroup of scientists working on mathematical models to forecast the surge of coronavirus cases said Sunday they could not predict the exact trajectory of the devastating second wave as the virus dynamics and its transmissibility changed substantially over time . A...
