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Head of UK Employer Group CBI Steps Aside Over Allegations
The Confederation of British Industry said on Monday that its director-general, Tony Danker, had stepped aside while the employer body conducted a review into his behavior. The CBI said it had already conducted an internal investigation into Danker’s workplace behavior …
Markets/Coverages: Verlingue Launches Dedicated Media Practice in UK
Verlingue Ltd., the UK chartered insurance broker, has established a dedicated media practice under plans to expand its presence in the fast-growing independent media sector. The team, headed up by Maia Olesen, client director, will focus on independent advertising agencies …
Climate Change to Cost Germany Up to €900B by 2050: Study
Extreme weather caused by climate change could cost Germany up to 900 billion euros [$957.2 billion] in cumulative economic damage by mid-century, a study showed on Monday, as Europe’s biggest economy seeks climate adaptation measures to cut the damages bill. …
Ukraine Holds Online Talks With Partners on Grain Export Deal Extension: Source
Ukraine has started online talks with partners on extending the Black Sea Grain Initiative aimed at ensuring Kyiv can keep shipping grain to global markets, a senior Ukrainian government source said on Tuesday. The source said Ukraine had not held …
20 Cars of Norfolk Southern Cargo Train Derail in Ohio
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) – About 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield Saturday evening, the second derailment of the company’s trains in Ohio in a month, officials said. But unlike the Feb. 3 derailment in East …
Update: China to Launch National Financial Regulator in Major Supervisory Overhaul
China will set up a national financial regulatory administration, according to a plan announced on Tuesday, in the biggest overhaul of the country’s financial supervisory apparatus in years. The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC), the country’s banking and …
BOE’s Bailey Says UK’s Reforms of Insurance Capital Rules Increase Failure Risk by 20%
The governor of the Bank of England has told lawmakers that the UK government’s plans to reform insurance capital rules increases the annual risk of a failure in the life insurance sector by around 20%. The likelihood of a failure …
FTX’s Crash Exposes Insurance Black Hole That Risks Impeding Crypto Sector Recovery
A long road lies ahead to repair confidence in crypto after unprecedented bankruptcies and hacks, including the major challenge of giving investors a way of insuring against such events. Stock brokerage accounts often come with some cover against outcomes like …
Will $4 Billion Be Enough for Everglades Restoration?
Massive and massively expensive, it’s been touted as the “crown jewel” of Everglades restoration, the key to unlocking every other project that will come after it. The $4 billion Everglades Agricultural Area reservoir – about half the size of the …
NY Fed Says Supply Chain Pressures Normalized in February
Global supply chains have “returned to normal,” the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Monday, with pressures dropping to the lowest since before the COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench into procurement networks worldwide and created shortages for everything …
Biden’s Cyber Plan Would Hold Software Makers Responsible in Hacks
The Biden administration is set to release an aggressive new national cybersecurity strategy on Thursday that seeks to shift the blame from companies that get hacked to software manufacturers and device makers, putting it on a potential collision course with …
DOL Says It Recovered $330,000 from NC Contractor that Misclassified Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor said it has recovered about $330,000 in back wages from a North Carolina contractor that misclassified workers as independent contractors. “Employers who misclassify employees as independent contractors deny them overtime wages and may deny them …