by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
NEW YORK: The Covid-19 pandemic has created a highly volatile and uncertain environment for businesses resulting in a litany of new or heightened risks for directors and officers (D&O) as well as exacerbating the situation in an already strained D&O...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Dec 16: The economic blow from coronavirus has wiped out 81 million jobs across Asia-Pacific this year, with women and young people disproportionately affected, according to the International Labour Organization. “Covid-19 has inflicted a hammer-blow on the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 23rd Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) through video conference here today. The meeting reviewed the major macroeconomic...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Technology
New Delhi: As India gets ready to roll out one of the largest vaccine programmes, billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday said his group is working with authorities to provide technology tools and backbone for mass inoculation against Covid-19....
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Geneva: Around 1.8 billion people are at heightened risk of Covid-19 and other diseases because they use or work in healthcare facilities without basic water services, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Unicef said in a joint report. The report titled,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
NEW YORK: Ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) can kill the novel coronavirus efficiently, quickly, and cheaply, according to a study which says the new innovation could be installed in air conditioning and water systems. The research, published in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
GENEVA: The World Health Organization is looking at new financial instruments to help to fill a $28 billion funding shortfall for tools to fight Covid-19, a senior official said on Tuesday. The WHO and GAVI vaccine alliance aim to provide poor and middle-income...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 15, 2020 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has received a direct insurance authorization from the South African joint regulators Prudential Authority and Financial Sector Conduct Authority. Located in Johannesburg and fully operational, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Africa...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: Dec: 15: The Union health ministry on Tuesday said 29,000 cold chain points, 240 walk-in coolers, 70 walk-in freezers, 45,000 ice-lined refrigerators, 41,000 deep freezers and 300 solar refrigerators will be used for COVID-19 vaccine storage. Providing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
SYDNEY: Regulators, insurers and experts are warning airlines to take extra care when reactivating planes left in extended storage during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing potential pilot rustiness, maintenance errors and even insect nests blocking key sensors.The...
