by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 4, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi, Dec 04: India''s COVID-19 caseload rose to 95.71 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 90 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.20 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
WASHINGTON, Dec 04: IBM and U.S. officials are sounding the alarm over hackers targeting companies critical to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. IBM said on Thursday that the campaign was a sign that digital spies are turning their attention to the complex...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Over 1.5 million people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 with one death reported every nine seconds on a weekly average, as vaccinations are set to begin in December in a handful of developed nations. Half a million deaths occurred in just the last two...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
Moderna Inc said on Thursday it expects to have between 100 million and 125 million doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine available globally in the first quarter of 2021. The company said 85 million to 100 million of those doses would be available in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
A record-setting Atlantic hurricane season that saw the highest number of named storms officially came to a close Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season set multiple records while producing a record...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but are unlikely to do so because of the risks of legal and cultural backlash, experts said. Companies are still in the early stages of navigating...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
WASHINGTON: A group representing major automakers is unveiling a detailed proposal Wednesday aimed at making it easier to deploy thousands of self-driving vehicles in the coming years, according to a document seen by Reuters. The Alliance for Automotive...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2020 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
London: Inigo Ltd., the new London insurance group that has raised $800m in start-up capital from a group of blue chip global investors, announced that it has received approval in principle from the Corporation of Lloyd’s and will start underwriting for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Interviews
Why is biodiversity important for AXA? If we take a cold review, $33 trillion is the estimated monetary value of goods and services that ecosystems provide. What that means is that ecosystems play a large role in our economies. If we do not ensure that we use them in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 3, 2020 | International News, Reinsurance
LONDON: Reinsurer Conduit saw its shares rise 5% on its London market debut after pricing an 826 million pound ($1.1 billion) initial public offering (IPO) earlier on Wednesday. The company sold 164.13 million shares at 500 pence per share, it said earlier in...
