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Covid 19 Pandemic:Generali launches a new system for remote facility inspection for large companies

•    Generali Global Corporate & Commercial Iberia & LatAm has developed an exclusive remote facility inspection system available on mobile
•    This innovative solution simplifies processes for clients and brokers contingent on Covid pandemic travel bans
•    The inspection system has been set up on a permanent basis for risk management and analysis

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IRDAI forms panel to explore possibility of an “Indian Pandemic Risk Pool”, to address BI risks arising out of a Pandemic event

There is a need to examine long-term solutions to address the various risks which have been triggered by the current pandemic and offer protection in case of a future similar crisis.Some of the risks like Business Interruption losses without concurrent material damage loss,loss of employment would result in huge losses much beyond the capacity of government /insurers /reinsurers, said IRDAI.

The panel will examine the the need for setting up a Pandemic Risk Pool giving rationale for the same,recommend the structure and operating model for the Pool within eight weeks. .

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TikTok quits Hong Kong as U.S. giants suspend processing data requests

The U.S. companies’ social media platforms are generally banned in China, where access is blocked by Beijing’s “great firewall”. Most have operated freely in Hong Kong, but will now have to determine how to comply with new rules for the city, which rights groups say threaten freedoms enjoyed for decades.

Facebook (FB.O), which also owns WhatsApp and Instagram, said in a statement on Monday it was pausing reviews of user data requests for all of its services “pending further assessment of the National Security Law.”

Google and Twitter (TWTR.N) said they had suspended their reviews of data requests from Hong Kong authorities immediately after the law went into effect last week. Zoom and Microsoft’s LinkedIn issued similar statements on Tuesday.

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Trump admin says foreign students must leave US if classes go online

According to immigration attorney Cyrus Mehta, the latest one-pager policy announcement means three things: Students enrolled in US universities that are moving to an online-only education model will be barred from getting F-1 visas, they will be stopped from entering the US on F-1 visas and not allowed to maintain F-1 status in the Fall semester.

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