Property Casualty 360 (4/15/2020)
The recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Stimulus Act (CARES Act) establishes several new avenues for businesses to combat the financial repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis.

Risk Management Magazine (3/18/2020)
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) forces the cancellation of countless events, businesses are finding themselves assessing both their losses and their remedies.

Commercial Risk (4/14/2020)
Political support is growing in Washington for the creation of a state-backed pandemic insurance scheme to help cope with the financial impact of a future outbreak, as originally proposed by Marsh CEO John Doyle.

Insurance Journal (4/15/2020)
New Jersey was the first state to propose a bill that would mandate insurers cover COVID-19-related losses under their business interruption policies, and the insurance industry was quick to express its concern. But that hasn't stopped some states from rolling out similar proposed legislation.

Canadian Underwriter (4/13/2020)
Canadian insurers have rolled out a number of measures to help Canadian homeowners, drivers and business owners in need over the past week, and now Canada's national broker association is discussing with insurers additional relief measures for commercial clients affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Risk Management Magazine (4/1/2020)
According to a study by Proofpoint and the Ponemon Institute, the average global cost of insider threats has increased 31% over the past two years and incident frequency has surged 47%.

BloombergQuint (4/14/2020)
Twenty years ago, corporate risk managers had near-zero public visibility. Most were back-office staffers who focused on securing insurance for environmental and real estate problems (tornadoes, fires, earthquakes, facilities breaches).

Asia Insurance Review (4/14/2020)
As the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes the work world, insurers seem to be taking a measured approach towards changing employee compensation and benefits according to interviews and a survey conducted by Willis Towers Watson (WTW) recently.

Insurance Journal (4/14/2020)
Senior executives increasingly will be targeted by cyber criminals looking for ways to steal money from large corporations, according to a report from cyber analytics provider CyberCube.

Continuity Central (4/14/2020)
A Gartner survey of more than 900 audit and risk leaders on March 27th 2020 has found that most of their focus is on assessing the impact of COVID-19 on organizational operations and controls, as well as revising and executing the company audit plan.

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