World’s Auto Supply Chain Is in Hands of a Few Chinese Bureaucrats June 6, 2025 By Laurie Chen and Lewis Jackson In a hulking grey building just east of Tiananmen square in Beijing, a small team in China’s Ministry of Commerce...
Tariffs Stoke Supply Chain Worries for US Businesses, Gallagher Survey Shows June 4, 2025 A majority of U.S. business owners are worried about supply chain disruptions from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, a survey...
Deadly Landslide in Indonesia’s Nickel Hub Signals Supply Risk April 14, 2025 By Alfred Cang, Annie Lee and Eddie Spence A deadly landslide at a top nickel-producing hub in Indonesia has heightened scrutiny of a method used to extract the...
Tropical Cyclone Jude Tears Through Northern Mozambique Near Coal Hub March 11, 2025 By Matthew Hill and Tavares Cebola Tropical Cyclone Jude made landfall on Mozambique’s northeastern coast in the early hours of Monday, bringing damaging winds and torrential...
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Zelia Hits Australia’s Iron Ore Hub February 14, 2025 By Renju Jose and Christine Chen Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall on Australia’s west coast on Friday, the weather bureau said, lashing the world’s largest iron...
China Hits Back With Targeted Tariffs After Trump Imposes New Levies February 4, 2025 By Trevor Hunnicutt and Kevin Huang China on Tuesday imposed tariffs on some U.S. imports in a swift response to new U.S. duties on Chinese goods,...
Swiss Re’s Business Unit CEOs Share Views on Key Risk Themes of 2025 December 20, 2024 Social inflation will continue to be a top concern for insurers and reinsurers in 2025 with US liability claims increasing...
Markets/Coverages: McGill, TMK and Convex Launch Trade Disruption Facility November 26, 2024 McGill and Partners, the London-based global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, has launched a new trade disruption insurance facility in...
US Dockworkers Suspend Three-Day Strike After Contract Extension October 4, 2024 By Laura Curtis and Josh Wingrove US dockworkers agreed to end a three-day strike that had paralyzed trade on the US East and Gulf coasts and...
Biden Says Prolonged Port Strike Would Be ‘Man-Made Disaster’ October 3, 2024 By Laura Curtis and Josh Wingrove President Joe Biden ratcheted up pressure on US port employers and shipping lines to restart talks with striking dock workers,...