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Workplace and supply chain risks from COVID-19 having significant impact on power sector

Graham Knight, Head of Global Natural Resources, Willis Towers Watson, said: “In these unprecedented and uncertain times, the issue of COVID-19 remained uppermost in all our minds as the power industry and their stakeholders begin to analyse the effects on their balance sheets and on their overall risk landscape.  Willis Towers Watson is a global leader when it comes to helping power companies address these growing regulatory, investor, employee and operating pressures through improved offerings that combine the analytics, advice and transactional expertise from across the company.”

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Insurers’ business interruption U-turn could lead to significant uptake in product,says GlobalData

Ben Carey-Evans, Insurance Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, said “This is a significant turnaround for the industry, which had up to this point been stating that claims were not valid because of pandemic exclusions.In reality, there was no positive outlook for insurers in this dispute. Paying out will cost millions in claims as businesses around the country have been shut down or severely restricted during lockdown. However, not paying out would also have led to reduced consumer trust, with many business owners likely to avoid taking out any form of business interruption insurance in the future.

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Google sued by Arizona over ‘Deceptive’ location tracking

The suit filed by Attorney General Mark Brnovich stemmed from an investigation that began after The Associated Press reported on Google’s location tracking in 2018.The suit alleges Google violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and it seeks to claw back profits from the tracking.

“Every company has a responsibility to be truthful to consumers,” Brnovich said. “You can’t deceive them, you can’t make misrepresentations.”

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Insurers stare at a Rs 2000 crore hit from “Amphan” devastated WB and Orissa

Till Saturday, the general insurance industry had already received claims worth of Rs 945 crore from these two states with more than 90 per cent of the total claims originating from the economically developed WB, with higher insurable industral areas, where torrential rains coupled with strong winds caused severe flooding and wind related damages especially in the Kolkata metro region, resulting in inundation and damage of both public and private infrastructure. 

Around Rs 836 crore of claims have been triggered by the property damages under fire policies from the WB and rest are from motor and other policies.

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Pakistan Jet crashed shortly after bizarre landing attempt at 327 KPH

It’s not yet clear why the two jet engines quit after functioning well enough for about two minutes to lift them about 3,000 feet (915 meters) above the runway. Engines have become so reliable that losing two at the same time is almost always because of some common factor, such as damage from hitting a runway or a problem with the fuel supply.

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