by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic
The lifting of COVID-19 lockdown in several states and continued adversities caused by the pandemic have instituted a new set of workforce demands, thus creating new economic opportunities across the country's industrial landscape, the world's largest...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Berlin: An analysis of 100 patients who recently recovered from novel coronavirus infection has revealed that nearly 80 per cent of them have cardiac manifestations of the disease, a finding which indicates the need for further research to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Intermediaries, International News, Reinsurance
London: Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, a leading global risk and reinsurance specialist and a business of Marsh & McLennan Companies announced today the appointment of Andrea Piatti as a Managing Director, Global Risk Solutions, effective August...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Regulation
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz intends to unveil a reform of the government’s financial oversight, as the widening scandal over the collapse of Wirecard AG reaches the highest levels of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government. Scholz’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
JOHANNESBURG: South African insurer Santam aims to pay out around $60 million in relief within months to clients hit by the pandemic, its CEO said on Monday, amid criticism of the sector’s handling of policies that companies thought would cover them. Many small...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: With a single-day increase of 47,703 COVID-19 cases, India's virus tally mounted to 14,83,156 on Tuesday, while the recoveries surged to 9,52,743 pushing the recovery rate to 64.24 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country's...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Non-Life, Technology
London: Following the COVID-19-induced slowdown in global InsurTech investment during the first months of 2020, $1.56 billion was raised by InsurTech firms in Q2. The total, up 71% over Q1, was driven in part by later-stage investments, including four...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life, Technology
Singapore: Munich Re Automation Solutions Pte,a Munich Re subsidiary, announced that Malaysia based Hong Leong Assurance (HLA) and Hong Leong MSIG Takaful (HLM Takaful) have selected its ALLFINANZ technology, a modular solution that delivers capabilities...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Pandemic, Risk Management
LONDON: A pet cat has tested positive in England for the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the government said on Monday in the first confirmed case of an animal being infected with the virus in Britain.The British environment ministry said “all...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Hound: Coronavirus and its restrictions are pushing already hungry communities over the edge, killing an estimated 10,000 more young children a month as meager farms are cut off from markets and villages are isolated from food and medical aid, the United...