Commercial Risk (7/14/2020)
New outbreaks of Covid-19 would eat into insurers' capital, which until now has been strong enough to withstand asset damage and insured losses from the pandemic, with industrial primary players and global reinsurers particularly vulnerable, according to S&P.

Risk Management Magazine (7/8/2020)
From boardrooms to stockrooms, companies of all shapes and sizes are grappling with COVID-19. Federal, state and local restrictions on commerce and travel have thrown the business world into disarray, threatening the ability of many companies to satisfy their contractual obligations. 

Canadian Underwriter (7/10/2020)
Online hackers are targeting manufacturers because they're between a rock and a hard place: Pay up or see operations grind to a halt.

Bloomberg / Insurance Journal (7/10/2020)
A South African regulator warned insurers to stop broadly rejecting claims from businesses seeking to cover losses because of a lockdown to curb the coronavirus.

Supply Chain Dive (7/9/2020)
As the pandemic brought economies to a near-halt, global carbon emissions fell 8% in the first four months of 2020.

Risk Management Magazine (6/29/2020)
Depending on an earthquake's magnitude, a seismic event can damage business facilities and curtail power, transportation and communications networks. If the disruption persists for a long period of time, the impact on business revenue can be devastating.

Reuters (7/9/2020)
U.S. states that have driven a record surge in coronavirus cases may now be slipping backward here in their economic recovery, as cellphone data shows retail visits in a clutch of high case-growth locations falling below the rest of the country.

Commercial Risk (7/9/2020)
New research from international credit insurance group Atradius reports that late payments have "soared" in the US, Mexico and Canada (USMCA) region as businesses are hit by the impact of Covid-19.

Continuity Central (7/9/2020)
One in two companies believe the cost of a third-party risk incident -- such as a supply chain failure, data privacy breach or disruption to IT services -- has at least doubled in the past five years, according to Deloitte research.

Property Casualty 360 (7/9/2020)
The business of legalized cannabis has cybersecurity and data privacy challenges unlike those confronting other industries. 

Forbes (7/9/2020)
Over the past few months, our world has been rocked by crisis after crisis. In the face of this uncertainty, the CEO and board of directors want answers to vitally important questions: How will we respond to emerging threats and new competitors? Where do we look for growth?

Reinsurance News (7/9/2020)
Global insurer and reinsurer Chubb has put forward a proposal for a public-private partnership program to provide business interruption (BI) cover for all kinds of US business ahead of the next pandemic.

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