UK Financial Services Firms Weigh Options for Post-Coronavirus Work Arrangements May 12, 2020 By Huw Jones Many of the City of London’s bankers and traders will be working from their kitchens or bedrooms for at least...
Small Businesses See Coronavirus Effect Lasting 12-16 Months May 12, 2020 By Andrea Shalal Eighty-one percent of small U.S. companies surveyed by Veem, a global payments network, expect the new coronavirus pandemic to affect...
For Global Insurers, Pandemic Likely to Erase Profits Until 2021 Second Half: Fitch May 11, 2020 While insurance rates have risen for nine consecutive quarters due to large catastrophe losses and accelerating claims inflation, Fitch Ratings...
Coronvirus Discrimination and Bullying Hinders Battle Against Pandemic in Japan May 11, 2020 By Mari Yamaguchi The coronavirus in Japan has brought not just an epidemic of infections, but also an onslaught of bullying and discrimination...
Q1 Insurtech Fundraising Drops 54% on COVID-19 Disruption: Willis Towers Watson May 8, 2020 Overall funding for insurtech investments decreased by 54% during the first quarter as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, compared...
FERMA Forms Task Force to Find Solution for Non-Damage BI Cover – Such as Pandemic May 7, 2020 The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) announced the launch of a task force to create proposals to address...
Goodbye Open Plan Office? Hello 6-Feet Social Distancing Workspace? May 6, 2020 By Jane Ross One-way corridors, buffer zones around desks, and clear plastic screens to guard against colleagues’ coughs and sneezes may become office...
Many Japan Firms Resist Telecommuting, Raising COVID-19 Risk for Call Center Staff May 5, 2020 By Makiko Yamazaki and Yuki Nitta Almost a month after Tokyo declared a state of emergency, dozens of call center employees for telecom KDDI Corp still...
AM Best Places Watford Re’s Ratings Under Review on COVID-19-Related Investment Hit May 4, 2020 AM Best has placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of “A-” (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer...
Zoom Video Login Details Put on Sale by Hackers on Dark Web: Times Report May 4, 2020 By Joe Mayes Hackers put more than half a million login details for the teleconferencing app Zoom on the dark web, the Sunday...