Majority of CO2 Emissions Linked to Just 57 Producers: Report April 4, 2024 By Kate Abnett and Riham Alkousaa The vast majority of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions since 2016 can be traced to a group of 57 fossil fuel...
US Home Insurance Premiums May Hit a Record This Year, Report Warns April 1, 2024 By Coco Liu US home insurance rates are expected to reach a record high this year, with the biggest increases occurring in states...
Fires From 2023, Smoldering Under Snow, Reveal Canada’s Dangerous New Reality March 27, 2024 By Thomas Seal and Robert Tuttle As skiers glide down the slopes of British Columbia’s Whistler Mountain and ice fishers drop their lines into frozen lakes...
UK Stands to Lose 8 Million Jobs From AI, Analysis Warns March 27, 2024 By Irina Anghel As many as 8 million UK workers are at risk of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence with current government...
The New Norm? Global Insured Losses for Nat Cats Keep Breaking Records: Swiss Re March 26, 2024 By L.S. Howard Global insured losses from natural catastrophes in 2023 totaled $108 billion, exceeding US$100 billion for the fourth consecutive year –...
2023 Underwriting Losses Improve but Persist in US P/C Industry March 26, 2024 By Allen Laman and Susanne Sclafane The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry recorded a slight underwriting improvement in 2023, but losses persisted, according to a new AM...
North Korean Hackers Stalk Crypto Startups Scrimping on Security March 25, 2024 By Anna Irrera and Olga Kharif It’s every cryptocurrency project’s nightmare: Well-resourced hackers — perhaps backed by a rogue state like North Korea — strike out...
Britain’s Financial Services Sector Faces Long Haul to Gender Parity, Report Says March 21, 2024 By Huw Jones Britain’s banks and other financial firms are boosting the number of women in senior management roles, but unless the pace...
Climate Change Speeds Up as Major Indicators Blow Off the Charts, WMO Warns March 20, 2024 By Laura Millan All the major indicators of climate change smashed historic records last year, with some rising so steeply that the United...
Marsh: Transactional Risk Insurance ‘Remained Resilient’ in 2023 March 20, 2024 Despite a drop in the total number of global mergers and acquisitions, demand for transactional risk insurance “remained resilient” in...