Insurance Journal (9/2/2020)
Municipalities, their insurers and risk pools should be heeding the current public re-examination of police and prosecutorial actions taking place across the country, according to an insurance policyholder attorney who works on civil rights cases.

Risk Management Monitor (9/4/2020)
Experts now project damage figures could be in the billions of dollars as a result of last week's Hurricane Laura, the category 4 storm that hit several Caribbean nations as well as Louisiana and Texas in the United States.

Reuters (9/3/2020)
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell below 1 million last week for the second time since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the United States, but that does not signal a strong recovery in the labor market.

Commercial Risk (9/4/2020)
The economic fallout from Covid-19 will increase the risk of modern slavery seeping into supply chains, warned Verisk Maplecroft in the 2020 edition of its Modern Slavery Index. 

Property Casualty 360 (9/4/2020)
In the age of new coronavirus, it is important to identify areas in which your insurance business might be threatened by a lawsuit for failing to provide coverage in the aftermath of (the first wave of) non-essential business shutdowns.

Risk Management Magazine (9/1/2020)
The combination of intense economic pressure on employees across many industry sectors and the adjustment to a new remote work environment amid the COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented opportunity for insiders to exploit new or lightly tested compliance processes.

Insurance Business (9/4/2020)
According to professional services firm Genpact, and its vice president of insurance services for APAC, Steven Raynor, new research has revealed that Australians have been panic buying insurance as COVID-19 fears spread.

Asia Insurance Review (9/4/2020)
New survey results released by Information Services Group (ISG) revealed that most insurers in Europe expect demand for digital products and services to increase significantly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Commercial Risk (9/4/2020)
S&P Global Ratings believes that the cyber insurance market is set to grow rapidly over the next decade, according to a new report 'Cyber Risk in a New Era: Insurers Can Be Part of the Solution.' 

Forbes (9/4/2020)
As the world slowly emerges from lockdown and business tentatively resumes, organizations of all kinds face a tumultuous road ahead. Economic downturn looms menacingly, unemployment is climbing and uncertainty reigns.

Bloomberg / Insurance Journal (9/4/2020)
U.S. equity investors are demanding higher risk premiums to compensate for rising cyber threats as the coronavirus pandemic pushes more businesses to move online.

Property Casualty 360 (9/3/2020)
The economic stress and market disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic in early March weighed heavily on property & casualty insurance company investment portfolios, but they have since recovered.

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