by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
South African medical-insurance companies, business organizations and the government are developing a program in which the private sector will help fund Covid-19 vaccines for people not covered by insurance. Legislation has been amended to allow the companies...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
LONDON: Aviation reinsurance rates rose by up to 250% at the key Jan. 1 renewal date, broker Willis Re said in a report on Monday, with the market still reeling from the impact of Boeing 737 MAX crashes two years ago.The 737 MAX resumed commercial flights in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2021 | International News, Life, Non-Life
OLDWICK, N.J: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated occupied the top spot in AM Best’s ranking of the world’s 25 largest insurance companies for a sixth straight year, with $189.7 billion in net premiums written (NPW) in 2019. In addition, Allianz SE and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld theenvironmental clearance and notification for change in land use for the Central Vista Project. The Central Vista revamp, announced in September, 2019 envisages a new triangular Parliament...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2021 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Singapore: BMS Group Limited (“BMS”), the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, today announces the launch of its Asia broking operations, headquartered in Singapore and with proposed operations in Hong Kong pending regulatory...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
BEIJING: Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s absence from public view in the past two months, including missing the final episode of a TV show on which he was to appear as a judge, has fueled social media speculation over his whereabouts amid a Chinese regulatory...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
BERLIN/COPENHAGEN: Germany was weighing on Monday whether to allow a delay in administering a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer to make scarce supplies go further, after a similar move by Britain last week. Syringes are prepared for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2021 | Articles, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
How to prevent the next pandemic? As 2021 begins with Covid-19 continuing its global spread, scientists have spotlighted three approaches to at least reduce the risk of pandemic potential diseases – screening animals, reducing land-use change and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: India has enough stockpile of the Covid-19 vaccine for inoculation of priority groups, including healthcare workers and frontline workers, in the first phase, Niti Aayog member V K Paul said on Monday. Paul, who is also the Chairman of National Expert Group...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Mumbai: Coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford will cost USD 3-4 per shot (Rs 219-292) to the government and will be priced at double that rate in private market ones such sales open up, said the CEO of its Indian manufacturer on...
