by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2021 | International News, Life
LONDON: Aviva has sold its Polish operations to Germany’s Allianz for 2.5 billion euros ($2.94 billion) in cash, completing a programme to sell European and Asian assets begun last year, the British insurer said on Friday. Allianz trumped rival bids from...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
LONDON: When the pandemic is over, the brokers of Lloyd’s of London could haggle with underwriters from home in their underpants, and ditch their pinstripes at the office. A trade body representing brokers took a swipe at tradition on Thursday, recommending that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: There is so far no evidence that the second wave of COVID-19 in the country is due to variants of the virus, but it is possible, said noted virologist Shahid Jameel. He, however, stressed that the sharp rise in coronavirus infections seen recently is mainly...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: The Ambassador of Hungary András László Király launches Denxpert Legal, a regulatory software for Environment, Health and Safety New Delhi, Delhi, India (NewsVoir) Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited, a part of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: As the COVID-19 cases in the country are surging, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that the airport authorities have been directed to put passengers on the 'no-fly' list if they do not follow the SoPs and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India saw 59,118 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,18,46,652, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The active caseload breached the 4...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management
MUMBAI: At least six people died in a fire that engulfed a mall housing a hospital that treated coronavirus patients in Mumbai, authorities said on Friday. More than 70 patients with COVID-19 infections in the private hospital, on the third floor of the mall,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The rollout of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the shot much of the world is relying on to beat the pandemic, faced further complications on Thursday as India halted exports of the vaccine and Europe discussed its own export controls.India has put a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pension & Social Security
New Delhi: Regulator PFRDA is set to revise the fee structure for pension fund managers from the next fiscal so that they get better income and more players are attracted to the space, a top official said. ''The revenue structure for fund managers is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 25, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Mumbai: Investor wealth has eroded by over Rs 7 lakh crore in two days of market crash as sentiment remained muted amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country. The 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 740.19 points or 1.51 per cent to close at 48,440.12 on Thursday. In two days,...
