by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 4, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
Bangkok: India pulled out of a trade pact covering much of Asia, paving the way for 15 other countries to sign the China-backed regional trade deal next year. India conveyed its decision to exit the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, foreign...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 4, 2019 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Singapore: The value of non-life capacity issued and outstanding at the end of the third quarter was at a near-record high of $27.3 billion, exceeded only by the year-end figure of $27.8 billion for 2018, according to the new ILS Market Update from Willis...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 4, 2019 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
London: The U.K. fracking industry suffered a fatal blow as the Conservative government ended its support for the controversial practice. The move, just weeks ahead of a general election, effectively bans new wells using hydraulic fracturing technology....
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 4, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Boston: Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced it has released a Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) Model for India to help support probabilistic assessments of potential losses caused by yield shortfalls for 11 major crops across the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 4, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Industries with pollution load in control need not seek permissions from ministries: Prakash JavadekarUnion Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday stressed on the need for self regulation to combat air pollution while asking industries to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 4, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: People are losing precious years of their lives due to pollution, the Supreme Court said Monday and slammed authorities for their failure to curb pollution in Delhi-NCR. A bench of justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta asked the Centre to call...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 3, 2019 | Health, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: Patients suffering from adverse effects of faulty medical devices and implants will soon be able to demand compensation from the manufacturer or the firm importing them under a new regulatory framework proposed by the government think tank Niti...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 3, 2019 | Indian News, Intermediaries, Life, Non-Life
Hyderabad: The government has issued advertisements inviting applications from the prospective public and private sector candidates for the two posts of members, Distribution and Actuary , in the Hyderabad based insurance regulator IRDAI. Sujay Banarji,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 3, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The principal secretary to the prime minister and the cabinet secretary will hold a high-level meeting Sunday evening to discuss the issue of deteriorating air quality in Delhi-NCR, officials said. Besides Delhi officials, the meeting will be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 3, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
WASHINGTON: Led by India, South Asia is moving towards becoming center of global growth and could contribute about one-third of the world's growth by 2040, according to a latest research by the International Monetary Fund. Notably, under the IMF's...
