by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy
“Many Hong Kong residents who stayed abroad during the epidemic have returned to Hong Kong, while some mainland and overseas persons have also been admitted to Hong Kong through various schemes,” the government said. Hong Kong’s population rose 2.1%...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Policy
Among other things, common tests and screenings such as X-ray, ECG, blood tests and CT scans will be free. If medicines are not available at the OPD, they shall be purchased locally (by the hospital) and given to patients, the order said Mumbai: Free treatment and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy
China’s fertility rate is already one of the world’s lowest alongside South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Concerned about China’s first population drop in six decades and its rapid ageing population, Beijing is urgently trying an array of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Breakneck urbanization has encased vast stretches of land in impermeable concrete, often along banks of major rivers that traditionally served as flood plains. With wetlands paved over and nowhere for surplus water to settle, waterlogging and flooding was commonplace...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Insurance industry sources said rates for additional war risk premiums remained stable on Monday, although there was a possibility of a rise if a ship was damaged or sunk The cost of a Black Sea war risk premium, which is typically renewed every seven days and is in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Life
Tokio Marine has been gauging interest in the assets, which could be valued at about US$1 billion (RM4.61 billion) Japanese financial services firms have been eyeing assets in Southeast Asia as a way to expand and diversify outside of Japan. Japanese insurers Dai-ichi...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 15, 2023 | Indian News, Regulation
The race for member (Finance and Investment) is hotting up as it is believed N. Srinivas Rao, a former joint secretary, department of financial services(DFS) and currently a chief economist & president (Corporate Affairs), Bajaj Finserv, Lalit Kumar Chandel, again...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 15, 2023 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
“This is the largest natural disaster we’ve ever experienced,” Hawaii Governor Josh Green said The death toll makes the wildfire the deadliest since 1918, when 453 people were killed in Minnesota and Wisconsin by the Cloquet & Moose Lake Fires, according to the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 15, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
A U.S.-backed maritime group called the International Maritime Security Construct “is notifying regional mariners of appropriate precautions to minimize the risk of seizure based on current regional tensions, which we seek to de- escalate. Vessels are being advised to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 15, 2023 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Toyota Motor Corp., Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Suzuki Motor Corp. said operations won’t be affected by the typhoon because their manufacturing plants are closed during the annual break Tokyo: Typhoons are becoming more frequent and severe, causing...
