by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 22, 2021 | Facts, Non-Life
The cost of a comprehensive car insurance policy in Britain slumped 14% in the first quarter of 2021, to their lowest level since 2015, as different phases of lockdowns in the country kept motorists off the streets, a survey showed. UK motorists now have to pay...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: More than 21,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 after taking the first dose of either Covishield or Covaxin, while over 5,500 contracted the infection after taking the second dose, the Centre said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, ICMR...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London's High Court over allegations they illegally harvested the private data of millions of European children. Anne Longfield,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
KITUI, Kenya: When Kenyan farmer Waki Munyalo's crop of lentils shrank by three quarters last year because of unusually low rainfall, disaster was averted thanks to a simple remedy that was previously unavailable to most African farmers – insurance. Munyalo,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management
JOHANNESBURG: The South African government's compensation fund to cover potential injuries from COVID-19 vaccines could cost around 250 million rand ($17.5 million) in the first year, the health minister said in response to questions in parliament. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Technology
These days, social media posts in India are no longer about cheeky photos, funny memes or political jokes. Instead, frantic calls to save lives are flooding Twitter and Instagram as the latest wave of coronavirus cases and deaths overwhelm the nation’s hospitals...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
New Delhi: Less than 4 per cent of Indian farmers have adopted sustainable agricultural practices and systems, according to a study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). The study, supported by the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), found...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Facts, Health
Pune: A poultry farmer from Maharashtra's Pune district has approached the police claiming that hens at his farm have stopped laying eggs after consuming the feed manufactured by a particular firm, an official said on Wednesday. No FIR is registered as the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
ZURICH: COVID-19 has illustrated that pandemic-related business interruption is directly linked to the decisions of governments to implement lockdown measures, making it impossible for insurers to model and price such a risk. Furthermore, it is systemic in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 21, 2021 | International News, Life
Hong Kong: HSBC Life, HSBC Group’s insurance business, has appointed Ying Teoh as Global Head of Customer Proposition, HSBC Life and Insurance Partnerships, based in Hong Kong, effective 12 April. Ying joins HSBC from Prudential, where she held the...
