by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Doctors and hospitals overwhelmed in the pandemic will have to make their excruciating life-or-death decisions meticulously or they risk being second-guessed by a jury when the onslaught is over. Lawyers who defend health care providers are already giving...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization’s office in Europe says figures show that more than 95% of people who have died of coronavirus on the continent have been aged over 60. But Dr. Hans Kluge said age is not the only risk factor for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
President Donald Trump cast doubt on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover up. "How do we know" if they are accurate, Trump asked at a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
NEW DELHI: Pitching for efforts on a war footing to identify and isolate COVID-19 hotspots, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hinted at a "staggered" exit from the ongoing lockdown after the 21-day period ends on April 14. In its latest update,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: In a major relief for retail insurnace customers,the government has extended the validity of health and motor vehicle insurance policy in the wake of the 21-day lockdown due to Covid-19. Those who have their renewal date for motor and health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
MUNICH/BERLIN: The German government and the country’s credit insurance industry have agreed to help to maintain insurance cover for trade despite economic hardship related to the coronavirus outbreak, three people with knowledge of the plan said on Wednesday....
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2020 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
LONDON: Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders, employees or customers bringing coronavirus-related claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which protect the bosses, industry sources say. Two...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2020 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
London/Singapore: Munich Re Specialty Group (MRSG) has appointed Hui Yun Boo as Head of Asia, effective April 3rd 2020. Hui Yun will be based in the firm’s Singapore office and will lead Munich Re Syndicate offices throughout the Asia region. Hui...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Regulation
Hyderabad: The insurance regulator IRDAI has clarified that the newly designed standard health insurance product ‘Arogya Sanjeevani’, where the cover size ranges from Rs 1 to Rs 5 lakh with premium between Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000,offered by the 29...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 2, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
SINGAPORE: Asian share markets were pinned down on Thursday, haunted by the rising U.S. coronavirus death toll, and with investors braced for more signs of economic pain in the world’s largest economy, ahead of another likely record week of jobless...
