by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2020 | Articles, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
As the coronavirus has tiptoed closer to global pandemic status, the world’s major economies are ramping up their spending on defenses. Italy plans to spend $4 billion on emergency economic measures to tackle the outbreak, while South Korea...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Scientists say that half of the world’s sandy beaches could disappear by the end of the century if climate change continues unchecked. Researchers at the European Union’s Joint Research Center in Ispra, Italy, used satellite images to track...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
The upheaval from the coronavirus outbreak may be the final jolt that the world’s biggest companies need to reevaluate how they operate in a globalized economy, the OECD’s chief economist Laurence Boone said. The sprawling, continent-crossing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Organizers of events called off because of the coronavirus are likely to miss out on insurance payouts because typical policies do not cover epidemic outbreaks. Hotels hit by cancellations may fare better. That is because a new type of insurance launched...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 3, 2020 | Indian News, Intermediaries, Life, Non-Life
New Delhi: India's largest payments and financial services platform Paytm, on Tuesday announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Paytm Insurance Broking Private Limited (PIBPL), has secured its license to sell life and non-life insurance from the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Zurich: Helsinki, Finland and Zurich, Switzerland – Meru Health, a digital clinic setting the new standard of mental healthcare and dacadoo, the global digital health platform provider for healthy lifestyle, have signed a commercial partnership to enable...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 3, 2020 | International News
Washington: The number of deaths in the US from the deadly coronavirus rose to six on Monday while the total number of confirmed cases in the country crossed 90, Vice President Mike Pence has said, as the novel virus continues to spread around the world despite travel...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 3, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
PARIS: Say no to a handshake, refuse every peck on the cheek and definitely avoid hugging. Instead, try a direct gaze, or maybe a hand gesture. Around the world people are changing their habits at work, home and in worship to reduce the risk of contracting the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Global economic growth will sink to levels not seen in over a decade as the coronavirus outbreak hammers demand and supply, challenging central banks and governments to respond to a fast-changing situation, according to the OECD.As central banks around the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 3, 2020 | International News, Reinsurance
London: Lloyd’s has launched a new insurance policy to protect cryptocurrency held in online wallets against theft or other malicious hacks. The first of its kind liability policy, with flexible limits from as little as £1,000, was...
