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...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc launched two 30,000-subject trials of COVID-19 vaccines that could clear the way for regulatory approval and widespread use by the end of this year, the companies said on Monday. The trials, both announced on Monday, are the first...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
SYDNEY/LONDON: Nations in Asia imposed new restrictions on Monday, while an abrupt British quarantine on travellers from Spain threw Europe’s summer reopening into disarray, as the world confronted the prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 infections. In...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
New Delhi: Google is working on smart tattoos that, when applied to skin, will transform the human body into a living touchpad via embedded sensors. Part of Google Research, the wearable project is called "SkinMarks" that uses rub-on tattoos. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India is in a much better position than other countries in the fight against COVID-19 as a result of "right decisions taken at the right time", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, asserting that the country has expanded its health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2020 | Banking & Bancassurance, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management
NAGPUR: Around 84,545 fraud cases – involving about Rs 1.85 lakh crore – were reported by scheduled commercial banks and select FIs during 2019-20, an RTI activist said, citing information received from the Reserve Bank of India. RTI (Right to Information)...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
BOSTON: Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced the release of its updated Earthquake Model for Australia. These updates were prompted by findings in the National Seismic Hazard Model from Geoscience Australia (GA), which challenged...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
GENEVA: Bans on international travel cannot stay in place indefinitely, and countries are going to have to do more to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus within their borders, the World Health Organization said on Monday.A surge of infections has...
