by AIP Online Bureau | May 28, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The U.S Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it had found high levels of a possible cancer-causing impurity in some versions of the popular diabetes drug metformin. The agency is reaching out to companies whose drugs had N-nitrosodimethylamine...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
London: Ship assessors are resorting to virtual inspections of oil tankers to keep vessels afloat, as the coronavirus pandemic makes physical visits to check for seaworthiness tougher and a slump in fuel demand increases the need for ships as storage. Oil...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The novel coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge in unemployment worldwide but it has hit young workers hard, the United Nations said on May 27, noting that more than one in six people aged under 29 were forced to stop working due to the COVID-19 crisis....
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2020 | International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
Karachi: Pakistan announced Tuesday that Airbus experts have opened a probe into last week’s plane crash that killed 97 people when an Airbus A320 went down in a crowded neighborhood near the airport in the port city of Karachi. Initial reports...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Paris: French reinsurer SCOR has strengthened its sustainable actions towards a low-carbon economy within its investment portfolio and joins the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance as of May 27, 2020. Launched in September 2019 during the United...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Some private jet companies have seen a rise in demand from wealthy Russians who want to spend time in the West during the coronavirus crisis but who were unable to take commercial flights amid tight restrictions by airlines and governments. Passengers are heading for...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
LONDON/WASHINGTON Ship owners and insurers say it may be impossible for the maritime industry to fully comply with the Trump administration’s new guidelines on how to avoid sanctions penalties related to Iran, North Korea and Syria, raising the risk of...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre to identify private hospitals where COVID-19 infected patients could get treatment for free or at a nominal cost. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, hearing the matter via video-conferencing,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2020 | Health, Indian News, Intermediaries
Mumbai: HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, India’s third largest non-life insurance provider in the private sector, and Apollo Clinic, India’s leading multi-specialty clinics by Apollo Health and Lifestyle (AHLL), announced their...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 27, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life
New Delhi: Nilesh Sathe,former member,IRDAI,the insurance regulator of India,has joined National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) as finance advisor.He will have initially two-year term at NHAI. Sathe will help NHAI to garner funds,...
