‘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...
World Faces Shortage of Sailors for Commercial Ships, Risking Supply Chains: Report July 28, 2021 By Jonathan Saul There could be a shortage of merchant sailors to crew commercial ships in five years if action is not taken...
Global Supply Chains Driven to Breaking Point on New COVID Wave, Natural Disasters July 26, 2021 By Jonathan Saul, Muyu Xu and Yilei Sun LONDON/BEIJING – A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber attack targeting key South...
London Staff Want Big Pay Raises Before Returning to Their Desks Full-Time: Survey July 23, 2021 By Eamon Akil Farhat London office workers want an average pay rise equivalent to the cost of some annual railway season tickets to return...
P/C Insurers Plan to Boost Their Use of Automation: Willis Towers Watson July 15, 2021 Property/casualty insurers plan to accelerate their use of automation for actuarial work, a new Willis Towers Watson survey found. What’s...
COVID Crisis Cuts Global Macro Resilience, Raises Insurance Protection Gap: Swiss Re June 16, 2021 By L.S. Howard The COVID-19 crisis reduced overall global macro resilience – or the ability of societies to absorb shocks – by 18%...
Insurer Aviva Will Close 3 UK Property Funds Hit by Pandemic Economic Turmoil May 20, 2021 Insurer Aviva said it will close three UK property funds in July that have been suspended since March last year...
Pet Insurance Outshines Travel, Other Inland Marine Coverages Cut by COVID: AM Best April 23, 2021 The U.S. inland marine insurance segment experienced a “significant downturn in profitability” in 2020, with its loss ratio deteriorating by...
Home Working Likely to Remain – Even After Pandemic Ends: UK Survey April 8, 2021 By Camomile Shumba Home working is likely to remain after the pandemic finishes, according to a survey of 2,000 companies the UK, most...
Grant Thornton Staff in UK Want to Stay Home After Pandemic, in New Blow to the Office April 7, 2021 By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu In a fresh blow to the office, staff at one of the UK’s largest accountancy firms have given strong support...