Hazard Assessments Lag at Restaurant Companies: Marsh
Formal hazard assessments at restaurants are key in reducing worker injuries and insurance claims. In recent years, however, a sizable number of companies have not ...
Emerging Markets
U.S. Proposes Rules to Advance Flying Taxi Operations
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed new rules that would help pave the way for commercial air taxi operations by around the middle of the ...
New Weed Products and Firms Mean Concerns, Opportunities for Underwriters
The legalized cannabis industry is rapidly evolving, with new, chemically concocted variants popping up almost monthly. On top of that, management of marijuana and hemp ...
Autonomous Cars May Always Need Remote Human Supervisors, Experts Say
Autonomous vehicle (AV) startups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on promises to develop truly self-driving cars, but industry executives and experts say remote human supervisors may be ...
5 Emerging Risks to Watch: Concurrent Weather Events, Electric Vehicles, Robots
In this edition, we highlight the possible effects of concurrent weather events on critical sectors, hacking vulnerabilities at EV charging stations, the toll having robot co- workers can have on ...
$7T in Premiums, Continued Hardening and Inflation’s Silver Lining: Swiss Re
Swiss Re's economists predict "inflationary recessions" hitting major world economies over the next 12-18 months, and while recessions spell less insurance demand and inflation means higher claim ...
Preparing for InsurTech’s Second Act: Embedded Insurance
The InsurTech industry has been around for about a decade, and experts say that while it has succeeded in bringing new entrants into the industry, it has struggled at times with distribution and ...
Risk Alerts: Gun Liability, Subpar Building Codes, Copycat Packaging
In this edition of Risk Alerts: the shifting gun liability landscape, outdated building codes, and how copycat packaging is leading to accidental THC ingestion—especially in children. Gun ...
Tesla’s Musk Predicts Fully Self-Driving Vehicle in 2022, Humanoid Robot Next Year
Tesla's most important products this year and next will not be cars, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but software that drives them autonomously and a humanoid robot. The audacious ...