Reuters (12/8/2020)
Companies and industry groups lobbying to get their U.S. workers to the front of the line for COVID-19 vaccination are running into a patchwork of state plans and confusion over who is essential, and who is not.

Risk Management Magazine (12/1/2020)
Cities across the United States have seen a reduction in motor vehicle traffic and use as a result of COVID-19 and subsequent business closures, work-from-home policies and government emergency orders. 

Insurance Journal (12/11/2020)
U.S. commercial lines insurers will continue to be tarnished by an A.M. Best negative outlook, thanks to COVID-19 economic uncertainty, social inflation and other challenges.

Continuity Central (12/8/2020)
The continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, or a new public health crisis, emerged as the top risk concerns for Indian companies, according to a joint study conducted by Marsh and RIMS.

Property Casualty 360 (12/9/2020)
Recently, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, joined a growing list of entities struck by ransomware. The Philadelphia suburb announced that it paid $500,000 to regain full access to its network after hackers encrypted police reports, payroll and expense databases and other files.

Risk Management Magazine (12/1/2020)
One of the most widely watched legislative measures on the ballot in the 2020 U.S. elections was a privacy proposal for California voters. The passage of Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), amends the recently implemented California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which is already notable as the first comprehensive data protection law implemented in the country. 

Business Insurance (12/9/2020)
Companies seeing an increase in online holiday shopping and shipping face myriad workplace safety challenges, from keeping up with evolving health and safety standards to hiring and training seasonal workers in environments that have seen upticks in injuries in recent years, experts say.

Reuters (12/10/2020)
Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of tackling criminals seeking to cash in on coronavirus.

Forbes (12/8/2020)
The impacts of climate change are already affecting people and businesses today. Even if we meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, the world will still face unprecedented changes -- from more extreme weather to rising sea levels to biodiversity loss -- forcing us to adjust to the physical effects of climate change and embrace environmental sustainability to reverse it

Property Casulaty 360 (12/9/2020)
Two-thirds of American consumers are concerned about their data security this holiday season, according to results from the fourth annual Holiday Shopping ID Theft survey.

RIMS Webinar
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RIMScast
This RIMScast episode features outgoing Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) chair and RIMS 2018 president, Robert Cartwright, Jr.; and incoming D&I Council chair, and president and director of the New Zealand Pacific Island Chapter of RIMS, Teressa Betty. In their conversation, they explore many facets of diversity and inclusion and look back and forward on diversity initiatives.