by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
GENEVA/MANILA: Nations that hoard possible COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, issuing a last-ditch call for countries to join a global vaccine...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to COVID-19 vaccines, warning about the risks from so-called “vaccine nationalism.” Here is a look at the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
Hyderabad: A working group headed by TR Alamelu, member( Non-life), IRDA,formed by the insurance regulator IRDAI , has recommended setting up a company with the objective of promoting safety and loss prevention in the general insurance industry. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 18, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to direct the Centre to transfer the contributions made to the PM CARES Fund for battling the COVID-19 pandemic to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) saying both are entirely different funds with separate...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 18, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
NEW DELHI/MUMBA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office has asked officials to speed up the process of trimming government stakes in at least four primarily state-owned banks within the current fiscal year, according to two officials familiar with the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 18, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK, South Africa: Wynand du Toit’s safari camp in South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park lies abandoned, its tents ripped open by baboons and its survival in the balance after his insurer rejected his COVID-19 claim. In the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
NEW YORK: Thimble, the insurtech startup that helps small businesses succeed on their own terms, has been selected to the Lloyd's Lab innovation accelerator program, where it will develop solutions to support the market to respond to COVID-19....
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 18, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
Japan’s general insurance industry is expected to contract by 0.9% in 2020, compared to the 1.7% growth registered in 2019, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData has revised Japan’s general insurance forecast in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 18, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
CHENNAI An Indian court refused to allow the reopening of a south Indian copper smelter, local media reported on Tuesday, over two years after it was shut over pollution concerns. The decision was announced by two-member bench, comprising justices TS...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 18, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: A spike of 55,079 cases took India's COVID-19 tally past 27 lakh on Tuesday just a day after it crossed the 26-lakh mark, while 19.77 lakh people have so far recuperated from the disease pushing the recovery rate to 73.18 per cent,...
