Risk
Hurricane Basics and The Effects of Climate Change: Reuters Explainer
After a quiet start to the season, Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico and then battered the Dominican Republic, leaving more than 1 million people without running water or power. While ...
‘Dangerous’ 103 Degree Heat To Hit Chicago 11 Times A Year By 2100: Study
What's considered officially "dangerous heat" in coming decades will likely hit much of the world at least three times more often as climate change worsens, according to a new study. In much of ...
50-50 Split: Reinsurers Feel Strongly Both Ways About Catastrophe Risk
The natural catastrophe business of global reinsurers has been reshaped by five years of higher-than-expected losses, which is leading reinsurers to adopt divergent strategies—either diving in to ...
Doomed to Melt: Greenland’s ‘Zombie Ice’ and Rising Sea Levels
Zombie ice from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own, according to a study released Monday. Zombie or doomed ice is ...
Pesticides: The New Pharma?
Fen-phen, Baycol, Rezulin, Vioxx… The 1990s and 2000s saw a tidal wave of pharmaceutical-related litigation that dominated the agenda of the plaintiffs' bar. Mass torts over the negative health ...
Taming Global Supply Chain Risks, Holistically
The world has seen the seismic impact of supply chain disruptions over the past few years—brought on by COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine war, Brexit, inflation and natural catastrophes such as last ...
Real-Time Tech: Supply Chain Analysis Tools
Transparency is the key to managing supply chain risk. But some businesses only focus on selective financial information from their suppliers, which can leave them exposed. Beyond creditworthiness, ...
Pay-As-You-Go Cargo MGA Closing Insurance Gap for Shippers
Small and medium-sized businesses, which make up a huge portion of freight moved globally, have long struggled with underinsurance because traditional insurance products just have not met their ...