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Disclosing a CEO’s Illness: Was United Too Late?
After Oscar Munoz missed a summit with United Airlines union leaders, the carrier told employees that their new chief executive officer "was unable to attend." He had suffered a heart attack, a ...
67 Emerging Risks Nobody Is Talking About
Everybody knows about climate change and catastrophes, the Internet of Things and the cloud, the on-demand economy and online shopping, autonomous vehicles and robots in the workplace, terrorism and ...
Few Small Businesses OK With Weed at Work
Small businesses aren't worried that employees might come to work a little stoned, but inhaling on the job is definitely frowned upon by most small business owners, a survey by a workers compensation ...
XL Catlin Puts Former AXIS Exec Peretti in Broker/Client Leader Role
Robert Peretti will join XL Catlin's Insurance operation as senior vice president, head of Broker and Client Management in the Americas, the company announced last week. In his new role, Peretti ...
Govt. Cracking Down on Illegal Drone Operators; Testing Tech to ID Them
The Federal Aviation Administration has signed an agreement to test technology that could locate the operators of small drones that are flying illegally near airports, as the government tries to ...
Scientists Confirm Climate-Caused Coral Bleaching Event: What’s at Stake
Earlier this month, a consortium of scientists confirmed that a "global coral bleaching event" is underway—only the third of its kind in recorded history. XL Catlin Seaview Survey, in collaboration ...
Playing Defense: Beyond M&A
Some reinsurers "bought themselves breathing space" with merger and acquisition activities, Standard & Poor's said in a September 2015 report titled "Defensive Plays Help Global Reinsurers to ...
Analysts’ Viewpoints: Conditions Are Difficult for Reinsurers—But It’s Not All Gloom and Doom
While the reinsurance industry continues to operate in an extremely challenging environment, rating agencies affirm that many companies have responded well over the past year by making defensive ...