Risk Management Monitor (8/30/2021)
On Sunday, August 29, Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 miles per hour, making it one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the United States.

Reuters (8/30/2021)
The United States completed its military withdrawal from Afghanistan after a huge but chaotic airlift that cost the lives of 13 U.S. troops and left behind thousands of Afghans and hundreds of Americans still seeking an escape from Taliban rule.

Risk Management Magazine (9/1/2021)
As one might imagine, extreme heat can lead to an increase in workplace injuries. According to a recent study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, hot days do not just mean more cases of heat exertion and stroke.

Property Casualty 360 (9/1/2021)
The 2030s are expected to usher in 10 years of increasing flood threats due to the moon’s cycle. In recent years, cities along the U.S. coastline saw record-breaking high tide flooding, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Insurance Journal (9/1/2021)
An ever-swelling amount of space debris is threatening satellites that hover around Earth, making insurers leery of offering coverage to the devices that transmit texts, maps, videos and scientific data, industry sources said.

Reuters (8/26/2021)
U.S. energy companies began airlifting workers from Gulf of Mexico oil production platforms and moved vessels from the path of what could become a devastating hurricane by the weekend.

Property Casualty 360 (9/1/21)
2021 has been the most active year on record for civil disturbances. The Chilean ‘Social Outburst’ protests spread throughout the nation, the Zuma protests in South Africa escalated into widespread rioting and looting, sporadic riots continue in Hong Kong, and then there was the extraordinary storming of the U.S. Capitol in January. 

Risk Management Magazine (9/1/2021)
According to a Deloitte survey of 150 travel managers and executives with travel budget oversight, business travel spending could soon significantly recover from the drastic reduction caused by the pandemic. 

Insurance Journal (9/1/2021)
Italian firefighters tackled hot spots Monday in a 20-story apartment building in Milan that was destroyed by fire but said there were no indications that anyone was missing inside, as questions arose about the cladding that witnesses said rapidly fueled the fire.

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