Risk Management Monitor (9/1/2021)
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks have been a hot topic in boardrooms, and many businesses are now developing tangible ESG strategies and objectives for business functions.

Reuters (9/8/2021)
U.S. job openings raced to a new record high in July while layoffs rose moderately, suggesting last month's sharp slowdown in hiring was due to employers being unable to find workers rather than weak demand for labor.

Risk Management Monitor (9/2/2021)
On August 25, the Alameda County Superior Court in California declared that Proposition 22 (better known as Prop 22) violated the state’s constitution, overturning it and potentially putting a portion of the state’s gig work industry in peril.

Property Casualty 360 (9/7/2021)
Hurricane Ida has moved through the country, leaving downed trees, flooded areas and other debris in its wake.

Insurance Journal (9/8/2021)
A Delaware judge ruled that Boeing’s board of directors must face a lawsuit from shareholders over two fatal 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people in less than six months.

Security Magazine (9/8/2021)
Jeju Island in South Korea is rolling out its biometric identity verification system that may be adopted by all companies participating in the island’s smart city initiative.

Commercial Risk (9/3/21)
Italy is taking a lead on modelling weather events and the ability to mitigate their impact, with the launch of the first European index to track the financial impact of climate risk and the release of a flagship study on the effect of climate change on convective rainfall, using high-resolution models.

Risk Management Magazine (9/1/2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a rise in global political risks that will likely continue into 2022, according to the 2021 Risk Maps report from Aon and geopolitical and security intelligence firm Dragonfly.

Insurance Journal (9/8/2021)
Since early last year, Google has also blocked new AI features analyzing emotions, fearing cultural insensitivity, while Microsoft restricted software mimicking voices and IBM rejected a client request for an advanced facial-recognition system.

RIMScast
Listen to this RIMScast episode featuring Courtney Davis Curtis, assistant vice president of risk management and resilience planning at the University of Chicago and incoming president of the University Risk Management & Insurance Association (URMIA). Courtney shares how URMIA is advising and engaging its audience and offers insights around higher education and risk management for the 2021–2022 school year.

 

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