by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Intermediaries, International News
BENGALURU: E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc on Friday launched an online pharmacy,, in India to serve the city of Bengaluru,the latest move by the e-commerce giant to widen its reach in a key growth market. The service, Amazon Pharmacy, has begun and will soon...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 14, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: The governing board of National Health Authority (NHA) on Thursday approved the proposal for integration of certain healthcare schemes of Central Ministries and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) with Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Some of the world’s biggest reinsurers are bracing for potential losses running into tens of millions of euros after last week’s explosion that ravaged much of downtown Beirut. Property damage alone from the blast, which killed more than 150 people and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Risk Management
New Delhi: The taxpayers'' charter will send the right message to the global investor community regarding regulatory certainty in India, while faceless tax assessment and appeals will ease the compliance burden and accord fair treatment to taxpayers, experts...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic, Technology
London: The UK began trials of a new smartphone app on Thursday designed to track COVID-19 infections within the community, with versions also available in Indian languages such as Punjabi, Gujarati, Bangla and Urdu in order to reach ethnicities not well-versed...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Technology
Philadelphia: In a new research report underwritten by Equisoft, Novarica presents the findings of an interview series conducted with mid- to large-size US life insurance carriers to identify the key drivers for policy administration system modernization...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life
LONDON: British life insurers paid 90 million pounds in claims related to deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the three months to end-May, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said on Thursday. Insurers received 7,000 life insurance claims from...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Missouri: A federal judge in Missouri said on Wednesday a group of hair salons and restaurants can sue their insurance carrier for business interruption losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which they say caused a “direct physical loss” to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi, India has reported a record 66,999 Covid-19 cases on Thursday and 942 deaths in the last 24 hours.The Covid-19 tally in the country has risen to 23,96,638 including 6,53,622 active cases,16,95,982 discharged & 47,033 deaths: Ministry of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 12, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
BENGALURU: Zydus Cadila on Thursday launched the cheapest generic version of Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir in India to treat COVID-19 following reports of shortages at hospitals in the world’s third-worst hit nation. Zydus has priced it at...
