INSURERS TO TURN FINTECH PLAYERS
Large-scale health catastrophes aren’t new. The world has already witnessed a series of epidemics, including SARS, MERS, Ebola and Zika. But Covid-19 is different, a pandemic that swarmed the planet at one go, leaving no place for us humans to take refuge. Certain developments over the years allowed the virus to spread far and wide.
On one hand, we root for interconnectedness, to make the entire world our playground and on the other, we are sobered break in a remote village in one part of the world spreads to a major city on the other side within a matter of days.
Of course, we cannot reverse gears or turn our back on all the benefits and opportunities of a global world. But we need to be cognisant of the associated risks. We should not be like the frog who remains comfortable in a pot of water
