by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2019 | Facts, Health
Blood cancer can accelerate ageing in healthy bone marrow cells, scientists have found for the first time, paving the way for anti-ageing drugs in the future. It is well known that ageing promotes cancer development. However, this is the first time that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2019 | Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation
MUMBAI: Irdai chief Subhash Chandra Khuntia went public with the watchdogs concerns on the motor insurance service providers(MISP), wherein the quantum of commissions given by insurers is higher than the one set by the regulator for insuring private cars...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2019 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Singapore: Companies in the conventional power and renewable energy sectors should be preparing themselves to contend with disruption to their businesses from a range of sources, including potentially adverse developments in the insurance market,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2019 | Indian News
Hyderabad: Exposing the illegal nexus between insurers and intermediaries, the insurance regulator IRDAI has said, the business procured directly by insurers from clients should not be routed through intermediaries and commission paid on them ...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2019 | International News, Technology
Accenture Plc, the global consulting firm, will begin selling software and services that it’s already used internally to automate tasks and redeploy about 40,000 workers. The new platform, that’s been five years in development, suggests ways...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2019 | Blog, Eco/Invest/Demography
Many governments pay pensions to elderly people, or unemployment benefits to those who lose their jobs, or child benefits to families. Cash transfers to households are common in most countries. What is a universal basic income, and how is it different from these...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 30, 2019 | Facts, Health, Technology, Trends, Facts
According to a BBC report,researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain drugs for arthritis and some cancers. The drugs are 100 times cheaper to produce when laid than when manufactured in factories. The researchers believe that in time...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 30, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Life expectancy of Delhiites will be up by nearly three years if the target of the National Clean Air Programme to improve air quality by 20 to 30 per cent in the next five years is fulfilled, according to a new study. Union Environment Minister Harsh...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 30, 2019 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Growth of the ILS market continued in 2018, to reach $93 billion of outstanding non-life capital, despite a slow-down during the final quarter of the year, according to the new ILS Market Update from Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Towers...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 30, 2019 | Indian News
New Delhi: With Rahul Gandhi throwing down the gauntlet at the ruling BJP dispensation saying that he will usher in a minimum income guarantee scheme if he comes to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be compelled to roll out a Universal Basic Income scheme...
