by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 17, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
“The situation is quite unprecedented, for not only we are seeing more outbreaks, but these outbreaks are larger and more deadly than the ones we have seen in past years,” said Philippe Barboza, WHO Team Lead for Cholera and Epidemic Diarrhoeal Diseases...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 17, 2022 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Reinsurance
The employee unions are also opposed to the idea of insurers distributing insurers to distribute other financial products as it may distract the companies from their insurance products, distribution and proper attention on serving the policyholders Chennai: The Unions...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 17, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
China’s top official in charge of the pandemic, Sun Chunlan, while visiting hospitals on Wednesday said that China’s capital, Beijing, has for the first time been hit by a significant outbreak. Chunlan explained that the country’s focus needs to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 17, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
Accepting one of the demands of the insurance industry, Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra clarified that ‘no claim bonus’ offered by the insurance companies to an insured is an admissible deduction for valuation of insurance service and does not attract GST New Delhi:...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 17, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya The government has established 1,50,000 health and wellness centres across platforms that promote meditation, yoga, and all aspects and activities pertaining to integrated health and wellbeing New Delhi: Union Health Minister...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Since Dec. 5, buyers of cargoes from Russia have only been allowed to access industry standard insurance and an array of trade-critical services if they pay $60 a barrel or less There are tentative signs that oil tanker companies are avoiding sending their ships to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Hannover Re and Munich Re are among reinsurers who have warned that they will cease to underwrite any kind of risks — even indirect ones — related to the conflict in Ukraine from the start of next year, according to people familiar with the matter. The major German...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, International News, Technology
Nicknamed SWOT — short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography — the satellite is needed more than ever as climate change worsens droughts, flooding and coastal erosion, according to scientists Perhaps most importantly, the satellite will reveal the location and speed...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Coal usage looks likely to increase by 1.2% in 2022, surpassing 8 billion tons in a single year for the first time, according to an International Energy Agency report published Friday. It also said consumption will likely remain at that level until 2025, as declines...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2022 | Facts, Health
”Building on the newly available data, we now have a better and shorter all-oral treatment option for drug-resistant TB. This is a historic change that will be of great benefit to people suffering from drug-resistant TB, easing the burden on health systems and...