Commercial Risk (5/27/2020)
New legislation to insure American firms against business interruption (BI) losses in future pandemics has been introduced to US Congress, as an alternative solution proposed by insurance trade bodies was knocked back by one of the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act’s (PRIA) co-sponsors.

Risk Management Magazine (5/22/2020)
In a historic wave of exits over the last year, McDonald's, Disney, IBM, Salesforce, UberEats and other companies have lost their CEOs. The 1,600 CEO departures that happened in 2019 and the 219 CEO departures in January 2020 are all-time records for any single year or month, respectively. 

The National Law Review (5/21/2020)
This new normal, what will it look like in a few days, weeks, or months? Yes, some may physically be back at the office or having in-person meetings again, while others may be forever changing how they do business. 

Insurance Journal (5/27/2020)
Global reinsurers will fail to earn its cost of capital in 2020 amid the coronavirus crisis, which will help maintain price increases for the sector during the year ahead, said Fitch Ratings.

Commercial Risk (5/26/2020)
Ferma has called on the EU to create a resilience framework that would include member state insurance pools and coordination between national governments to address the severe shortage of non-damage business interruption insurance (NDBI) for a range of catastrophic risks.

Risk Management Magazine (5/1/2020)
Around the world, people are dealing with an endless volume of new information about the coronavirus outbreak. They are distracted, stressed and concerned about the well-being of family and friends, and many are making the disorienting shift to working remote, some increasing the use of personal devices to do so. 

Forbes (5/21/2020)
Time for economies to restart, states to reopen and businesses to re-emerge. And, of course, now employees will re-enter the office. Right? Well, not so fast! This is much harder than it looks.

Property Casualty 360 (5/21/2020)
As insurance professionals, we make a living by helping others be prepared. So here's a question: Was your insurance business ready for the pandemic of 2020?

Insurance Journal (5/21/2020)
Imagine your company having a Halloween party: Employees show up wearing costumes mocking your customers, says the chief executive of a New York commercial insurance brokerage we recently interviewed. "Now imagine what happens when pictures of the party go public."

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