by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 9, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
R Thyagarajan R Thyagarajan is arguably one of the world’s most idiosyncratic financiers — in no small part because his multibillion-dollar business, the Shriram Group, has thrived in an industry that tripped up countless others around the globe A pioneer in extending...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | Indian News, Life
Life insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation has seen a slow down in its premium accretion in the month of July. The corporation’s total premium has declined by 47 per cent y-o-y to Rs 15386.57 in the month of July Mumbai: Despite bullish performance by the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
A data sample comprising 77% of U.S. insurers showed they held fossil fuel-related assets worth $536 billion in 2019, and patterns are unlikely to have changed dramatically since then, according to sustainability consultancy ERM, investor advocacy group Ceres and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | International News, Risk Management, Technology
The regulator has said Meta cannot harvest user data in Norway, such as users’ physical locations, and use it to target advertising at them, called behavioural advertising, a business model common to Big Tech. Meta Platforms will be fined 1 million crowns...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
The Committee recommended that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs work in tandem with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to generate tribal disaggregated health data with separate classifications like girl children, adolescent girls, women of various age groups and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | Health, Indian News, Policy, Regulation
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notification on May 22 for amendment in export policy of cough syrups, making it compulsory for cough syrup...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has informed that the amount lying with Investor Education and Protection Fund, as on March 31, 2023, is Rs 5,714.51 crore, Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha New Delhi: Unclaimed deposits...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
UNICEF estimates that 76 per cent of children under 18 in the region – 460 million – are exposed to extreme high temperatures where 83 or more days in a year exceed 35° Celsius UN News: Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already exposed to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture Minister Out of the pendency of claims, the maximum was in Rajasthan (Rs 1,387.34 crore), followed by Maharashtra (Rs 336.22 crore), Gujarat (Rs 258.87 crore), Karnataka (Rs 132.25 crore) and Jharkhand (Rs 128.24 crore), the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has outbid Oriental Insurance Company to win the mandate for Gujarat and Reliance General Insurance has pushed out National Insurance Company(NIC) for Meghalaya in competitive bidding Reliance General Insurance will be earning a premium...
