by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management
SAO PAULO: Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University has died, stating it had received data from an investigation into the matter. The regulator said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Regulation
Hyderabad The insurance regulator IRDAI has come out with a stringent advertisement policy for the entire gamut of the insurance industry and has widened the ambit of “Unfair or misleading advertisement".for the sector. All insurers have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
Munich: Following years of eroding rates caused by excess capacities and low major-loss expenditure, particularly in European markets, low interest rates – likely to remain even lower for even longer due to the coronavirus pandemic – are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 21, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Automakers are gearing up for tough new vehicle emissions rules and policies favoring electric vehicles if Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wins the White House.Biden and U.S. President Donald Trump both need the votes of auto...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
GENEVA: The value of global trade is set to fall by 7% to 9% in 2020 from the previous year, despite signs of a fragile rebound led by China in the third quarter, a United Nations report said on Wednesday.No region was spared by an estimated 19% year-on-year...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Technology, Workplace/Employee Benefits
ZURICH: Robots will destroy 85 million jobs at mid-sized to large businesses over the next five years as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates changes in the workplace likely to exaggerate inequalities, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study has found. Surveys of nearly 300...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
First, Hyundai Motor Co. made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. The next day, it was BMW AG. Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the electric era. An estimated 171,500 took...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus infections reported in India in a span of 24 hours remained below 60,000 for the third consecutive day, taking India's COVID-19 caseload to 76,51,107, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. A...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The number of insurance claims related to treatment for COVID-19 rose to 40 per cent of the total health insurance claims in September, according to an analysis. Based on its analysis of industry data, insurance aggregator Policybazaar.com said "most...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Technology
New Delhi: A digital health identity under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) will not be mandatory to get vaccinated when immunization against COVID-19 is available, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The ambitious NDHM programme was announced by...
