All Editorial articles – Page 2
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AnalysisHiscox faces legal action over rejecting coronavirus BI claims
Customers have written to the UK business secretary, Alok Sharma, with their concerns
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AnalysisCOVID-19 creating “ideal conditions” for ransomware
CyberCube warns that organised criminals and hackers are moving away from “high volume, low-value” methods of attack
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AnalysisPrevent losses at idle factories - FM Global
Fires, vandalism, theft, flooding and stormy weather could leave understaffed facilities vulnerable
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AnalysisCompanies “drastically unprepared” for supply chain disruption - survey
66% of respondents say they should be assessing more than three quarters of their top tier vendors but aren’t doing so
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AnalysisMarriott reveals new breach: 5.2 million exposed
The new compromise follows a major breach of up to 339 million guests, discovered in 2018
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AnalysisFitch puts Lloyd’s of London on negative watch
The rating watch negative reflects “uncertainty and increased risk to Lloyd’s earnings and underwriting performance due to claims emanating as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic”
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AnalysisCOVID-19: Reducing the manufacturing supply chain impact
Manufacturing companies must assess and devise strategies to reduce the impact of COVID-19 - SpendEdge
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AnalysisCOVID-19: London market shifts to e-trade
Aon improves its e-trading capabilities to allow home working underwriters to electronically bind their placements
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AnalysisCOVID-19 causes phishing attacks to skyrocket
Phishing attacks have risen 667 percent in the UK in March compared to February, as malicious actors trick users with fake coronavirus alerts
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OpinionBusiness and supply chain resilience during Covid-19
The intensity of the impacts on businesses and supply chains are expected to accelerate in the near term and then extend to the medium term, explains Adrian Simmonds, senior risk manager at QBE
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AnalysisPERILS pegs winter storm losses at nearly €2 billion
Extratropical cyclones Sabine and Victoria were the 12th and 13th named storms of a very active 2019–20 European windstorm season
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AnalysisCOVID-19: The role of climate change
Climate change and growing extremes will likely increase the threat of global pandemics, according to AIR Worldwide
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AnalysisCOVID-19: Hackers target hospitals
As a hospital in the Czech Republic is the target a major attack, cyber experts warn the healthcare sector is at threat
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AnalysisFifth of companies lack business continuity plan
The number of UK firms lacking any contingency planning has halved in a space of a fortnight - CIPD
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Latest IssueStrategicRISK Q1 2020: World on Lockdown
In this edition of StrategicRISK, we look at how businesses are responding to the COVID-19 crisis as the situation rapidly escalates around the world.
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AnalysisCOVID-19: Car firms switch to ventilators
As they deal with the “worst crisis ever to impact the automotive industry”, firms are adapting their assembly lines to produce ventilators and other medical equipment
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AnalysisUsing AI to map ‘silent cyber’ exposures
Guy Carpenter is partnering with RiskGenius to improve the detection and qualitative analysis of silent cyber exposure across various lines of business.
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AnalysisECB names Monar Lora director of risk management
The European Central Bank (ECB) has appointed Fernando Monar Lora as director of risk management, replacing Carlos Bernadell
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AnalysisWTW launches COVID-19 tracking tool
Willis Towers Watson has updated its Global Peril Diagnostic modelling tool to provide up-to-date information on confirmed global COVID-19 cases alongside clients’ property portfolios.
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AnalysisWhy pandemics fell off the risk radar
The risk of a global pandemic has risen in recent years, but the perception of that risk has not matched reality - WEF
