Cyber Criminals Target Remote Workers and ‘Critical Infrastructure to Corner Stores’ July 30, 2021 The share of policyholders who filed a cyberattack claim jumped by 50% from the first half of 2020 compared to...
85% of Flight Attendants Report Incidents With Unruly Passengers July 30, 2021 Incidents with unruly passengers have become an everyday occurrence for flight attendants. A national survey of nearly 5,000 flight attendants...
CDC Describes Delta Variant as Highly Contagious – Report July 30, 2021 By Shubham Kalia, Aishwarya Nair and Josephine Mason The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described the Delta variant of the coronavirus as being as...
UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) Expands to Republic of Ireland July 30, 2021 The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has expanded its membership into the Republic of Ireland (ROI) following an initiative...
Occam Underwriting Promotes Fisher to CEO, Succeeding Gibbins Who Becomes Chair July 30, 2021 Occam Underwriting, the specialist lines-focused managing general agent, has announced the promotion of Chief Financial Officer Mark Fisher to chief...
‘Talent War’ Forces Companies Across Globe to Pay Higher Salaries to Woo Workers July 30, 2021 By Chris Peters The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened a shortage of white-collar workers in many countries, forcing companies to pay higher salaries to...
Feds Sue North Carolina County Over Firing of 911 Operator Who Reported Sexual Harassment July 30, 2021 A North Carolina county’s emergency communications unit engaged in unlawful retaliation when it terminated a worker after she told supervisors...
Global Warming Could Kill 83 Million People by Turn of Next Century: Study July 30, 2021 By Jonathan Tirone A population equivalent to that of Germany — 83 million people — could be killed by 2100 because of rising...
Mississippi ICU Capacity ‘Extinguished’ by Latest COVID Spike July 30, 2021 By Emily Wagster Pettus Mississippi’s top public health official said that intensive care units are filling up in some hospitals and COVID-19 outbreaks are...
Ireland to Introduce Laws to Make Insurers, Bankers Accountable for Corporate Failings July 30, 2021 DUBLIN – Ireland will introduce long-anticipated laws to make senior bankers and executives in other financial sectors directly accountable for...