by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi, Dec 18: Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 will be voluntary, the Union Health Ministry has said while underlining that the vaccine introduced in India will be as effective as any vaccine developed by other countries. The ministry further stated...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi, Dec 18: Over 4.5 crore people will be forced to migrate from their homes in India by 2050 due to climate disasters including floods, droughts and cyclones, three times more than the present figures, according to a new report. In 2020, the number of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic
WUHAN, China:Dec 18: In late 2019, Wuhan businesswoman Duan Ling and her surgeon husband Fang Yushun began to hear snippets in hospital chat groups about a disease emerging in the city’s respiratory wards. Duan didn’t pay much attention at first. Fang had...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life
Tokyo: Japan Post Holdings Co.’s insurance unit plans to buy back about 300 billion yen ($2.9 billion) of shares from its parent, giving the insurer more freedom to expand its business, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The holding company, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
SINGAPORE,Dec 18: Pregnant women with COVID-19 do not get more sick than the wider population, according to a Singapore study published on Friday, which also found that babies born to infected mothers have antibodies against the novel coronavirus.The small...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management
New Delhi:Dec 18: The Supreme Court on Friday directed all states to carry out fire safety audits of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals across the country to prevent fire incidents in medical institutions. The apex court also directed dedicated COVID-19 hospitals to take a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
TORONTO/LONDON: Canadian firms’ overseas investment in insurers hit a 20-year high this year boosted by Intact Financial’s joint agreement last month to buy British insurance group RSA for 7.2 billion pounds ($9.6 billion) and market participants...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
JOHANNESBURG: A South African court on Thursday dismissed insurer Guardrisk’s appeal against a previous ruling that found it was liable pay a Cape Town cafe’s rejected coronavirus claim. Like other insurers in South Africa and around the world,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
LONDON: Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in court in The Hague for the final hearing in a landmark case that could force it to reduce its carbon footprint. The case brought by the Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth, Milieudefensie, links the oil major’s stance on climate...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Non-Life, Risk Management
LONDON : The European Union’s capital rules for insurers need changing to reflect low interest rates and provide stronger intervention powers like banning dividends to preserve solvency during market shocks, the bloc’s insurance watchdog said on...
