by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Singapore: The life and health insurance markets will see the most positive impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a GlobalData poll. The pandemic has caused major disruption to a myriad of businesses, resulting in some insurance lines seeing huge...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended the upcoming WhatsApp privacy policy that has witnessed a massive backlash in India, saying that the update does not change the privacy of anyone's messages with friends and family. The WhatsApp policy...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India records 18,855 fresh cases, 163 more fatalities; recovery rate surges to 96.96 pcWith 18,855 fresh cases, India's COVID-19 tally has gone up to 1,07,20,048, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
BENGALURU: Indians feel most secure while ordering food online, but least so while online dating, according to a report. McAfee Corp. on Wednesday announced findings from its'2021 Consumer Security Mindset Report', revealing that while the shift to a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
New Delhi, Jan 29: Competition Commission of India (CCI) has rejected multiple allegations of unfair business practices made against General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re), including those relating to premiums. The watchdog considered 'market for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
By Zachary Fagenson, The World Health Organization (WHO) will on Thursday launch a plan to combat 20 diseases that affect the world's poorest people, seeking to prevent recent progress being erased by the impact of Covid-19 on healthcare...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
BERLIN: A draft recommendation from Germany's vaccination advisory committee calls for offering the AstraZeneca vaccine only to people aged 18-64 for now, citing what it says is insufficient data to judge its effectiveness for older people. The European Medicines...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
Washington: Global public debt is estimated to touch 98 per cent of GDP at the end of 2020, International Monetary Fund said on Thursday in its latest fiscal monitor update, according to which India''s government debt is expected to remain elevated at...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management
India has fallen six positions on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), to the 86th rank in the global corruption watchdog's annual ranking of countries. India's ranking in corruption perception has been consistently slipping since 2012, when it was in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
There are many circulating around the world, but health experts are primarily concerned with the emergence of three. As a virus infects people, it can mutate as it makes copies of itself. Some mutations can be harmful to a virus, causing it to die out. Others...
