by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 30, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management
India has improved its ranking on a global corruption index in 2018, while its neighbour China lagged far behind, according to the annual index released by an anti-graft watchdog on Tuesday. India rose by three points to 78 in the list of 180 countries in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2019 | International News, Risk Management
Mumbai:: A global ransomware cyber-attack could cost $193bn and affect more than 600,000 businesses worldwide, according to a new report from the Cyber Risk Management (CyRiM) project, the Singapore-based public-private initiative that assesses cyber...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2019 | Indian News, Intermediaries, Life, Non-Life
New Delhi: Insurance portal Policybazaar which has recently raised around Rs 1,360 crore through a fresh round of investment, has said it aims to collect Rs 3,500 crore premium by the end of the current fiscal, a senior company official said. It collected premium of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2019 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Regulation
The current NDA government ushered in a new hope amongst the Indians with its call for ‘health assurance’ replacing the traditional ‘health insurance’. According to the EY 2018 report on ‘Global analysis of health insurance in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
RAIPUR: Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced Monday that his party would ensure "minimum income guarantee" for every poor person in the country if it is voted to power in the coming Lok Sabha polls. The announcement comes ahead of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pension & Social Security
Piyush Goyal, India's interim finance minister, will present the budget on Feb. 1, in the absence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is currently in the United States for medical treatment. Following are some of the pre-Budget expectations from...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2019 | Health, Indian News
Madurai (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said here that over 89,000 people in Tamil Nadu have benefited from the Centre's Modicare health insurance scheme. He made the remarks at a public rally here after he laid down foundation...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
Big Food is portrayed as the new Big Tobacco in a sweeping report that links the industry’s influence to a global obesity epidemic, along with malnutrition and climate change. The Lancet Commission on Obesity blamed a growth-focused sector for a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2019 | Interviews, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Alice Vaidyan, CMD, GIC Re State owned GIC Re has become the 10th largest global reinsurer in the AM Best’s list top 50 global reinsurers in 2018. Alice Vaidyan,CMD, GIC Re, in an interview with Asia Insurance Post, outlines her strategies to strengthen the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 28, 2019 | Facts, Technology, Trends, Facts
Flying cars! So futuristic! A world in which they’re buzzing around the skies must be dazzling – like a Popular Mechanics feature come to life! Well, yeah. About that. It seems increasingly likely that aerospace companies and startups are rushing to...
