by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | International News, Life, Non-Life
Pakistan’s securities watchdog is examining ways to support the country’s struggling brokerage and insurance industries under its latest chief. The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan is working more closely with insurers and seeking...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Indian News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: Any sexually explicit digital or computer generated content involving children will come under the purview of "child pornography", according to a new definition proposed by the government in a bid to convey the message of zero...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Paris: Electricite de France SA is preparing its nuclear power facilities to operate in more severe heatwaves in the coming decades as a changing climate may interfere with key electrical equipment. The utility, which produces almost three-quarters of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: India may receive below-average rainfall in the next two weeks with a large deficit in the soybean and cotton growing central and western regions, a weather department official said on Thursday, raising concerns over the output of summer-sown crops....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
A string of successful bets on ports, mining and commodities helped transform Gautam Adani from a nondescript diamond trader into a tycoon with a net worth of $10 billion. Now the Indian businessman is setting his sight on what he believes could become...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Life, Non-Life
MUMBAI: “Microfinance Plus”, a quarterly publication by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Equifax revealed growth in overall volume in loan disbursement by 20 per cent in FY18. From the overall industry’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Facts, Health
Drinking soda doesn’t just threaten to make us fat, it could be linked to a higher risk of cancer, judging from a new study. But here’s the more surprising part: so could fruit juices. Increased daily consumption of about 3.4 ounces of soda —...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Indian News, Non-Life
NEW DELHI: To ensure rapid transition towards electric mobility, the Niti Aayog has proposed that two-wheelers below the capacity of 150 cc sold in the country after March 31, 2025, should be electric ones only, Parliament was informed July 11. In a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | Blog, Risk Management, Technology, Trends, Facts
Last March, McDonald’s acquired the startup Dynamic Yield for $300 million, in the hope of employing machine learning to personalize customer experience. In the age of artificial intelligence, this was a no-brainer for McDonald’s, since...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 11, 2019 | International News, Reinsurance
Zurich: Swiss Re announced today the suspension of its previously communicated plans for an initial public offering (IPO) of ReAssure. This action is in response to the heightened caution and weaker underlying demand in the UK primary market from large...
