Forbes (1/13/2021)
Parler just lost its data processing capabilities from Amazon Web Services, after Apple and Google had removed the app from their online stores. Beyond the political drama and antitrust allegations, this raises the question of how dependent a company should be on a single service provider, vendor or customer. 

Business Insurance (1/11/2021)
The Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. has named former chief risk officer Soraya Wright as vice president of strategic initiatives, succeeding Carol Fox, who is retiring.

Canadian Underwriter (1/12/2021)
Some people could suffer side effects from a COVID-19 immunization, but the vaccine manufacturers have a number of protections that minimize their liability risk, Canadian lawyers suggest.

Insurance Journal (1/12/2021)
While insurers continue to win four out of five cases in early rounds, in the past month two property owners with policies that contained endorsements specifically providing coverage for diseases survived motions to dismiss their COVID-19 business interruption claims.

Commercial Risk (1/13/2021)
The much-anticipated judgment on UK COVID-19 business interruption (BI) policies will be delivered by the country's Supreme Court on Friday morning.

Harvard Business Review (1/11/2021)
In 2020, the world seemingly entered a new era of cyberattacks. Although there have been decades of viruses, breaches, and other forms of attack, last year saw increased bad actor sophistication, a propensity to pay in ransomware cases, and a broad swath of geopolitical uncertainty - conditions that hackers have found favorable.

Reuters (1/11/2021)
The Small Business Administration launches on Monday more Paycheck Protection Program loans to help small businesses weather the coronavirus pandemic.

Commercial Risk (1/11/2021)
The insurance market is getting tougher for buyers and experts predict conditions will worsen this year, but there is some hope that the rate of hardening will slow.

Canadian Underwriter (1/8/2021)
As the arrival of vaccines in Canada promise to put an end to the pandemic, insurers and brokers now face the same task as their commercial clients: Creating a business plan for the 'new normal,' after the threat of COVID-19 is gone.

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