Reuters (11/18/2020)
Three insurance industry leaders who spoke at the Future of Insurance USA conference said during a panel hosted by Reuters Events on Tuesday that they are working to fix what they described as diversity shortcomings in the industry.

Risk Management Magazine (11/2/2020)
While COVID-19 has been wreaking havoc across the globe, destabilizing the economy and altering daily life, parts of the United States have also been ravaged by natural disasters, with tropical storms and hurricanes along the Gulf Coast and record-setting wildfires across the West Coast. 

Continuity Central (11/18/2020)
Datto has published its fifth annual Global State of the Channel Ransomware Report, which provides the views of more than 1,000 MSPs on the security posture of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), along with other notable trends driving ransomware breaches.

Reuters (11/18/2020)
UK-based banks looking to continue doing business in the euro zone after the Brexit transition period must move staff to the continent and not use the pandemic as an excuse to avoid relocations, the European Central Bank (ECB) said on Wednesday.

Property Casualty 360 (11/18/2020)
When it comes to maintaining a drug- and alcohol-free workplace, most employers have a strict zero-tolerance policy that requires employees to regularly submit to alcohol and drug tests.

Risk Management Magazine (11/2/2020)
Stress is an inevitable part of work, but when it gets out of hand, it is bad for both the business and employees. Increasingly, many workers are not only suffering from stress, but a more severe and prolonged condition that experts formally define as "burnout."

Asian Insurance Review (11/18/2020)
The world's 10 largest insurance markets are cumulatively expected to see their gross domestic product (GDP) decrease by 4.5% in 2020 compared to 2019 because of COVID-19 pandemic according to a new report from Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I).

Commercial Risk (11/17/2020)
Supply chain and business interruption have become the number one risk across Africa. According to the Risk Frontiers Africa 2020 survey, political risk has been overtaken as the risk most worrying those with African interests, for the first time since Commercial Risk Africa launched the survey in 2013.

Property Casualty 360 (11/18/2020)
On Nov. 16, the U.K. business interruption insurance test case appeal began with several major insurance companies claiming to the U.K. Supreme Court that it is inappropriate to assume there could be unlimited coverage during a pandemic. The appeal was fast-tracked to the court for a four-day hearing.

Forbes (11/18/2020)
Before the pandemic, the real-world consequences of a poor response to a crisis spanned sharp declines in shareholder value, executive resignations, and impacts to brand reputation, customer loyalty, employee retention and more. 

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