Govt Amends Insurance Ombudsman Rules, Strengthens Mechanism To Protect Policyholders Interests
by Swarajya Staff - Mar 3, 2021 05:27 AM
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The government on Tuesday (2 March) notified comprehensive amendments to the Insurance Ombudsman Rules, 2017 with a view to improve the working of the Insurance Ombudsman mechanism to facilitate resolution of complaints regarding deficiencies in insurance services in a timely, cost-effective and impartial manner.
The amended rules have enlarged the scope of complaints to Ombudsmen from only disputes earlier to deficiencies in service on the part of insurers, agents, brokers and other intermediaries.
Further, insurance brokers have been brought within the ambit of the Ombudsman mechanism, by empowering the Ombudsmen to pass awards against insurance brokers as well.
President urges to strengthen auditing mechanism by using technology
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President urges to strengthen auditing mechanism by using technology
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - President Dr. Arif Alvi has asked the Department of Auditor General of Pakistan to strengthen the auditing mechanism by using technology and international best practices to improve service delivery and financial management.
He was chairing a briefing by Auditor General of Pakistan Javaid Jehangir, on reforms being undertaken by the DAGP, in Islamabad on Wednesday.
The President stressed the need for augmenting the culture of professionalism and ensuring better governance, improved transparency and accountability through effective internal control regime within the DAGP.
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security leader owned by Eren and Fatih Ozmen, once again supported the successful landing of a rover onto the Mars surface. SNC provided the descent brake mechanism and other critical technology for NASA’s Perseverance rover, marking the company’s 14th mission to the red planet.
New Progress in Study on Mechanism of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules for Treatment of COVID-19
SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Recently, Prof. Caisheng Wu and Prof. Yifeng Chai from the School of Pharmacy, Xiamen University have made new progress in the study of the pharmacologically active ingredients and mechanism of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules, developed and produced by Yiling Pharmaceutical, in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. The study result, Screening of the Anti-COVID-19 Pharmacological Active Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine Lianhua Qingwen Capsules Based on Human Exposure and ACE2 Biochromatography , was published in the top journal of pharmacology,
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. This is the latest evidence of the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 by the Chinese medicine Lianhua Qingwen.