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Risk Management

Tougher Asian markets need different approach to risk and insurance driven by data analytics

“Too often, we hear clients struggle to quantify the financial impact and likelihood of risks to their business. Today, companies need to know, with certainty, that the insurance strategy they have in place is exactly right for their business. With new and emerging risks on the accelerated rise, they need to adopt a data-driven and actuarial approach to support all aspects of their insurance procurement process to yield better business outcomes,” adds Scott.

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In India, most complaints by flyers are about harassment by airline staff

Last year, the civil aviation ministry had told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture that “systematic grievance redressal mechanism has been already put in place through which passenger grievances received by this office are forwarded to the concerned airline for redressal directly with the complainant as the travel by air is a contractual matter between the airline and the passenger”. 

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Boeing faces spate of Lawsuits after second 737 MAX 8 Crash

Boeing faces the prospect of substantial payouts to the families of passengers if it’s found responsible for both the Indonesia and Ethiopia crashes. But legal experts say the second one could prove even more damaging for the Chicago-based company. That’s because plaintiffs will argue the manufacturer was put on notice by the earlier tragedy that there was something dangerously wrong with its planes that should have been fixed.

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Most Americans continue to be very afraid of Self-Driving cars: Survey

The survey also gauged public reaction to more limited uses of autonomous vehicles. Just more than half of U.S. drivers—53 percent—said they would be comfortable using fully self-driving vehicles as low-speed people-mover systems at airports or theme parks, free from the chaotic traffic of the open road. Even fewer Americans—44 percent—said they would be comfortable with autonomous delivery vehicles that haul food or packages, not passengers.

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Boeing to upgrade 737 MAX stall prevention system in 10 days: Source

The company has previously characterised the software upgrades as an effort to make a safe plane even safer. Engineers are making changes to the system designed to prevent an aerodynamic stall if sensors detect that the jet’s nose is pointed too high and its speed is too slow. Satellite-based data showed that both the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air planes flew with erratic altitude changes that could indicate the pilots struggled to control the aircraft. Both crews tried to return to t .. 

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