by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Massachusetts: Moderna Inc. said its Covid-19 vaccine was 94.5% effective in a preliminary analysis of a large late-stage clinical trial, another sign that a fast-paced hunt by scientists and pharmaceutical companies is paying off with potent new tools that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
Munich : The sports-car manufacturer Porsche, its management and IT consulting subsidiary MHP, and the insurance group Munich Re have founded a joint venture – the “FlexFactory”. This aims to make the production of small series of all kinds of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 16, 2020 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Reinsurance renewal negotiations are delicately poised, with increasing pressure on rates, economic uncertainty and disputes over COVID-19 wordings putting long-standing relationships to the test, according to a recent article in Insurance Day from Massimo...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 16, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: Normalcy from the COVID era can only be expected by next year's winter as any Covid vaccine will take to show its effect and will not immediately reduce the number of infections, as per the co-developer of Pfizer's vaccine, media reports said. A...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
SYDNEY: Countries across the Asia-Pacific region reported record new coronavirus numbers and fresh outbreaks on Monday, with Japan facing mounting pressure to reimpose a state of emergency and South Korea warning it was at a “critical...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 88,45,127 with 30,548 infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 82,49,579, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Monday. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
SYDNEY: Asian stocks hit a record high on Monday as vaccine optimism and strong economic data from China and Japan outshone worries about rising coronavirus cases, lifting just about every sector. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
Emerging-market countries have relied this year on short-term local-currency debt as the pandemic drove investors to the notes for safety. Now, turbo-charged by Joe Biden’s election and signs of a vaccine breakthrough, bonds with longer maturities are attracting...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New York: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the global scale has surpassed 54 million, the latest data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Coronavirus Resource Center showed on Sunday. The exact number of coronavirus cases stood at 54,027,785 as of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Investors'' focus will move to global trends and developments on the COVID-19 pandemic front amid lack of any major domestic trigger in a holiday-shortened week ahead, analysts said. Over the past week, the BSE benchmark Sensex jumped...
