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Risk Management

Willis Towers Watson launches innovative risk advisory service 

John Merkovsky, Head of Risk and Analytics at Willis Towers Watson, added “’Today’s risk manager and CFO have only been able to view risk financing as individual transactions, compartmentalised by line of business. Connected Risk Intelligence is a combination of advanced modeling technology and our own optimisation expertise which will revolutionise the way organisations view risk management.

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Global reinsurance market to see consolidation, product & service innovation:S&P

S&P Global Ratings believes that these factors will continue to push the sector to evolve, forcing market consolidation, product and service innovation, expansion of product offerings, and reimagining of the re/insurance value chain. Indeed the market may look different, but it could be a long time before the competitive landscape changes.

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Amazon sued by publishers claiming audible text service violates copyright

The lawsuit was filed by seven members of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), including HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan Publishers.
“Essentially Audible wants to provide the text as well as the sound of books without the authorization of copyright holders, despite only having the right to sell audiobooks,” AAP said in a statement.

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Linking profile with Aadhaar: SC to hear FB’s plea for transfer of cases

The apex court on Monday was told by the Tamil Nadu government that social media profiles of users need to be linked with Aadhaar numbers to check circulation of fake, defamatory and pornographic content as also anti-national and terror material.Facebook Inc is resisting the state’s suggestion on grounds that sharing of Aadhaar would violate privacy policy of users.Facebook Inc had said that it cannot share Aadhaar number with a third party as the content on its instant messaging Whatsapp was end-to-end encrypted and even they do not have access to it.

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