by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
SYDNEY : Thirty-four creditors of Greensill Capital Pty, the Australian parent of the collapsed British supply chain financier, submitted over A$1.75 billion ($1.35 billion) in claims to the company, administrators said on Friday. About $1.15 billion of that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
AM Best has been one of the firt global rating agencies to become a signatory of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI). “AM Best and its major affiliates are pleased to become a signatory to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Washington: The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 122.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.70 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
India has been ranked 139 out of 149 countries in the list of UN World Happiness Report 2021 released on Friday which is topped by Finland. The World Happiness Report 2021, issued by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, focuses on the effects of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Pandemic
New Delhi: India saw 40,953 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, the highest single-day rise recorded in 111 days, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,15,55,284, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. Registering an...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The need to change the composition of Covaxin has not been felt yet in view of good efficacy of the vaccine against mutant variants, the government told Lok Sabha Friday. There are four mutations of the Covid-19 virus in India at present — two...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
GENEVA: Covid-19 appears likely to develop into a seasonal disease, the United Nations said Thursday, cautioning though against relaxing pandemic-related measures simply based on meteorological factors. More than a year after the novel coronavirus first surfaced in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi, Social media platforms WhatsApp and Instagram suffered a major outage on Friday night, but the services resumed after some time. Many WhatsApp users reported inability to send and receive messages, while Instagram too was down during the period. Independent...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 19, 2021 | Banking & Bancassurance, Indian News, Technology
Mumbai: The country's largest lender State Bank of India(SBI) has seen a perceptible increase in the number transactions happening at its multiple digital channels, with the percentage moving from 60 per cent in the pre-pandemic period to 67 per cent currently,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 19, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Regulation
Hydearbad: Amidst rising claims on account of Covid-19 pandemic, the insurance regulator IRDAI has reminded the insurers about their duties and responsibilities towards policy holders in the matter of claims settlement without fail. It is essential that...
