by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2019 | Health, International News, Risk Management
A U.S. jury on Tuesday found Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused cancer, a blow to the company eight months after another jury issued a $289 million verdict over similar claims in a different case. Tuesday’s unanimous jury...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2019 | International News, Risk Management
Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and “harmful” practices, the company and U.S. civil rights groups said on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Facebook...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2019 | Health, International News
Geneva: WHO has issued new guidance to improve treatment of multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB). WHO is recommending shifting to fully oral regimens to treat people with MDR-TB. This new treatment course is more effective and is less likely to provoke adverse side...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management, Technology, Trends, Facts
Geneva: The World Health Organization’s new advisory committee on developing global standards for governance and oversight of human genome editing has agreed to work towards a strong international governance framework in this area. “Gene...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
Beijing: India on Wednesday signalled that it will boycott China's second Belt and Road Forum for a second time, saying no country can participate in an initiative that ignores its core concerns on sovereignty and territorial integrity. India...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2019 | International News, Reinsurance
Paris: SCOR Global P&C, with effective April 1, has announced a set of top level changes its global reinsurance operations. Michel Blanc is promoted to CEO of Reinsurance, following Jean-Paul Conoscente’s appointment as CEO of SCOR Global...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 20, 2019 | Health, International News
Zurich: People in emerging markets have great difficulty funding their healthcare needs, as overall expenditure in healthcare is growing faster than gross domestic product, according to a research report published by The Geneva Association, the leading...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 19, 2019 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Christchurch: For damage caused in the Christchurch shootings, local insurers are waiving the terrorism exclusions in their house, car, contents and commercial building policies According to the media reports, `AA Insurance says it will...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 19, 2019 | Health, Indian News
Chennai: Private sector insurer Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Ltd was in the final stage of completion of sale process and the transition was likely to happen in first quarter of the next financial year, a top official said. "A consortium has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 19, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Mumbai: While heart attacks and neurological disorders continue to be the top life-threatening ailments across the country, kidney related disorders are on the prowl and on a steady rise, particularly amongst the millennials, reveals a study conducted by SBI...
