by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The distribution of daily deaths among states and union territories in a span of 24 hours reflects a significant decline, with 17 of them not reporting any new COVID-19 fatality, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. A total of 17 states and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Technology
Facebook is reportedly working on a smartwatch that will focus on messaging and health features. Wearers will be able to send messages with Facebook services like Messenger and WhatsApp, and it will work with a cellular connection without a tethered smartphone,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 13, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: Despite higher underwriting losses and iower investment income, State owned New India Assurance (NIA) Friday posted a 5.9 per cent year on year (Y-o-Y) rise in its net profit to Rs 521 crore for the third quarter ended December 2020. It had...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 13, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
The smaller, lighter vehicles that women more often drive, and the types of crashes they get into, may explain why they are much more likely to suffer a serious injury in a collision than men, a new study published Thursday found. Researchers from the Insurance...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday told the U.S. Supreme Court that the Obamacare healthcare law should be upheld, reversing the position taken by the government under his Republican predecessor Donald Trump. The court in November held oral...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 13, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Florida property insurers are jacking up rates by double-digit percentages, blaming the hikes on lingering damage from past hurricanes, a wave of litigation, and a law that encourages lawyers to sue by allowing courts to award them big fees. The rate increases...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Farmers in Germany will have to gradually reduce their use of glyphosate and stop using it completely from 2024 in order to preserve clean habitats for insects, under draft legislation passed by the country’s cabinet on Wednesday. “The exit from glyphosate...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
BRUSSELS: European Union efforts to resolve a patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers have hit a roadblock after experts enlisted for advice failed to agree on the level of royalties or who should pay them. Tech firm Nokia and automaker Daimler are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 13, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
A growing market niche where investors profit from others’ legal troubles is getting a boost from Covid. Distressed-investing funds and litigation-finance boutiques are likely to be spoiled for choice after a landmark U.K. court ruling last month rejected pleas...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: Creation of a health ID under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) is not mandatory for citizens, Minister of State for Health, Ashwini Choubey, informed Parliament on Friday. On August 15, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the NDHM,...
