by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 11, 2018 | International News, Pension & Social Security
Mumbai: India has emerged as the second lowest among 34 countries providing retirement income systems with good benefits according to a study. The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index has revealed that ageing population continued to pose...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 11, 2018 | Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: A hijack scare on a Kandahar-bound flight sent security officials at the Delhi international airport into tizzy on Saturday after the pilot "mistakenly" pressed the 'hijack button' when it was taxiing for take-off, officials said....
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 10, 2018 | Health, International News
Paris: Soaring birth rates in developing nations are fuelling a global baby boom while women in dozens of richer countries aren't producing enough children to maintain population levels there, according to figures released Friday. A global overview...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 10, 2018 | International News, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
Investment in insurtech is being stepped up, as the number of insurance-related patents filed worldwide jumped 40% last year, to 917 in 2017 (to Dec 31) from 657* in 2016. RPC adds that insurance patent filings per annum have jumped by 116% over 5 years...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 10, 2018 | Indian News
WASHINGTON: Demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) are the two major headwinds that held back India's economic growth last year, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said, asserting that the current seven percent growth rate is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 10, 2018 | Health, International News, Reinsurance, Risk Management
MILAN: Italy’s biggest insurer Generali said on Friday it would stop offering insurance coverage for new coal mines and plants, marking a step up in the company’s support for green policies. Generali’s action, which comes ahead of a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 10, 2018 | Indian News
New DelhI: The world’s fastest-growing economy is also one of the most difficult to decipher. A change in the methodology to calculate gross domestic product is partly why India’s data is puzzling and is prompting economists to find a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 10, 2018 | Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed Environment Protection Authority on Thursday said it was closely monitoring the situation and if the pollution shows an increasing trend then emergency measures will be imposed in the national capital. The emergency...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 10, 2018 | Articles, Health
Worldwide, mental disorders contribute to 7 per cent of the global burden of disease as estimated by disability adjusted life years and this is rising especially in low- and middle- income countries (LMIC) . In addition to causing a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 9, 2018 | International News, Reinsurance
Singapore: The Standard Club Asia Ltd and Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company of China, Ltd collaborate to underwrite P&I risks fo world’s second-largest ship owning country The Standard Club Asia Ltd (“Standard Asia”),...