Chronic Scarcity of UK Workers Blamed on COVID and, of Course, Brexit August 3, 2021 By Jack Sidders, Deirdre Hipwell, Joe Mayes and Libby Cherry On the outskirts of the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy is a crop of new houses on their way to completion....
New Securities Class Actions Including M&As Down But SPAC-Related Suits Up August 2, 2021 Plaintiffs filed 112 new securities class action lawsuits in federal and state courts in the first half of 2021, down...
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...
‘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...
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...
P/C Insurers’ Boost Net Income But Extreme Weather Hurts Underwriting in Q1 July 29, 2021 Private property/casualty insurers in the U.S. saw their net income after taxes increase significantly in the first quarter to $20...
Insurtech Investment Reaches Record $7.4B for First Half 2021 July 29, 2021 Insurtech venture investment keeps climbing ever higher, with new records reached for the second quarter as well as the first...
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...