Viewpoint: Strike’s Duration Will Determine Impact on P/C Insurance Industry October 2, 2024 By Michel Leonard The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) went on strike on Tuesday, Oct 1. The strike is expected to affect more than...
US Slips in Supply-Chain Ranks After Child-Labor Violations June 20, 2023 By Frances Schwartzkopff The US has joined a list of mostly emerging-market countries where ESG supply-chain risks are “high,” after the world’s richest...
US Imposes Sanctions on Hundreds of Targets in Fresh Russia Action May 19, 2023 By Daphne Psaledakis The United States and its partners on Friday announced new penalties aimed at punishing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine,...
IMF Sees Risk of Supply Chain Security Leading to New Cold War April 14, 2023 By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday warned policymakers against the danger of a new Cold War as...
How Caterpillar, Deere Kept Equipment Making Plants Open During Coronavirus Outbreak May 8, 2020 By Rajesh Kumar Singh While Detroit automakers’ unionized auto factories have been idled by the coronavirus pandemic, farm and construction equipment makers Deere and...
How Pharmaceutical Firms Are Using Blockchain to Track Down Counterfeit Drugs February 21, 2020 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Some of the industry’s largest pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer Inc. and Eli Lilly and Co., have developed a blockchain-based system...
U.S. Blacklisting of China’s Huawei to Disrupt Global Technology Supply Chain May 16, 2019 By Sijia Jiang and Michael Martina The latest U.S. broadside against Huawei that puts the Chinese firm on an exports blacklist threatens to rattle the global...
Takata Takeover Deals Scrutinized for Handling of Recall, Liability Costs September 28, 2016 By Masatsugu Horie, Craig Trudell and David Welch Takata Corp. and some of the world’s biggest carmakers face an extensive — and expensive — to-do list as they...
Business Interruption Claims on the Rise: Allianz December 10, 2015 The average large business interruption (BI) property insurance claim is now in excess of $2.4 million, 36 percent higher than...