Red Sea Insurance Nearly Doubles After Attacked Oil Tanker Appears to Be Leaking Oil August 28, 2024 By Jonathan Saul and Mohammed Ghobari The cost of insurance for ships sailing through the Red Sea has nearly doubled after Yemen’s Houthis attacked a tanker...
Cybercrime and Sabotage Cost German Firms $300 Billion in Past Year August 28, 2024 Cybercrime and other acts of sabotage have cost German companies around 267 billion euros ($298 billion) in the past year,...
Insured Losses From Canada’s Jasper Wildfire Surpass C$880 Million August 28, 2024 This summer’s devastating wildfire in Jasper, Canada resulted in more than C$880 million (US$653.4 million) in insured damage, according to...
UK Tones Down Worker ‘Right to Switch Off’ Demands on Firms August 28, 2024 By Irina Anghel, Ailbhe Rea and Bashirat Oladele Britain’s Labour government is watering down ambitions to give employees a legal right to ignore work demands outside office hours,...
Update: Japan Issues Emergency Warning as Powerful Typhoon Shanshan Approaches August 28, 2024 By Kaori Kaneko Southwestern Japan braced on Wednesday for what officials say could be one of the strongest storms to ever hit the...
Update: US Warns Leaking Oil Tanker Poses Growing Red Sea Pollution Risk August 28, 2024 By Weilun Soon An abandoned oil tanker attacked in the Red Sea by Iran-backed Houthi rebels a week ago appears to be burning...
Update: EU Faces 2 Lawsuits Over Emissions Rules, ‘Green’ Label for Planes August 27, 2024 By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop Environmental campaigners have taken the European Commission to court, seeking to force Brussels to upgrade its emissions rules for 2030...
UK Broker Clear Group Acquires R T Waters Ltd. August 27, 2024 Clear Group, the London-based independent insurance broker, announced it has acquired the share capital of UK-based R T Waters Ltd....
Storm Warnings Issued Across Southern Europe – From Italy to Serbia August 27, 2024 By Paul Tugwell and Eva Brendel Thunderstorm alerts are in place for a swath of Europe from the south of France to the Balkans. There are...
South Korea to Advance EV Battery Certification Scheme After Series of Fires August 27, 2024 By Ju-min Park South Korea’s government and ruling party have agreed to move up an electric vehicle battery certification program, the party said...