by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
While this time of year is typically the hottest for India and parts of Southeast Asia, the soaring temperatures continue a pattern of severe weather over the past several years that’s testing the ability of governments to protect public health and prevent disruptions...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Extreme heat has caused more than 24,000 deaths since 1992 and has also driven up air pollution and accelerated glacial melt in northern India, said a team of scholars led by the University of Cambridge’s Ramit Debnath Killer heat waves are putting...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2023 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Speaking on Gallagher’s expansion plans in Asia, Thomas Wang,CEO North Asia, said,“ “Gallagher has grown in Asia over the last few years and with a number of the emerging economic global powerhouses based in the region it is an area of expansion for us. Having a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2023 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic
India recorded 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, the highest in around eight months, while the active case burden increased to 65,286, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. Rajesh Bhushan , the Secretary of Health and Family Welfare, highlighted...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2023 | Briefs, Non-Life, Reinsurance
LONDON: MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global (re)insurer, today announces the appointment of Ruth Adamson as Head of Insurance and Financial Risk, and Kevin Ball as Head of Compliance. Joining later this year, both new hires will report to Chief Risk Officer, Vishal Desai. MS...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
“The EU Cyber Solidarity Act will strengthen solidarity at Union level to better detect, prepare for and respond to significant or large-scale cybersecurity incidents, by creating a European Cybersecurity Shield and a comprehensive Cyber Emergency Mechanism,” the EU...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
A successful cyberattack on critical national infrastructure such as an energy grid or water supply could be highly destructive, and do serious real-world damage The UK government’s cyber defense agency warned on Wednesday of an emerging threat to Western critical...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 20, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, International News, Reinsurance
While Zurich had said it was leaving to focus on helping customers in the transition to a low-carbon economy, Munich Re said it was leaving because of anti-trust concerns The charge that companies in such climate alliances could be guilty of breaking anti-trust laws...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2023 | International News, Pension & Social Security, Policy
French President Emmanuel Macron Macron’s government says that raising the retirement age will plug a 13.5 billion euro shortfall the pension system would otherwise be running by 2030 French President Emmanuel Macron may have pushed through his unpopular pension...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Data, Eco/Invest/Demography
ESG investment is largely concentrated in clean energy (solar and wind power) and electric mobility — which contributed to around 90 per cent of the USD 19.2 billion invested in ESG across 2018-22. Clean energy, especially solar, saw strong deal activity in 2022...
