Supply Bottlenecks Leave Ships Stranded, Businesses Stymied March 23, 2021 By Joyce M. Rosenberg NEW YORK (AP) — A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. businesses anxiously awaiting goods from Asia...
Icy Weather Sends Industrial Production Down 2.2% Last Month March 17, 2021 By Martin Crutsinger WASHINGTON (AP) _ Industrial output fell sharply in February as severe winter storms battered much of the country, disrupting a...
Russian Hack of US Agencies Exposed Supply Chain Weaknesses January 26, 2021 By Eric Tucker WASHINGTON (AP) — The elite Russian hackers who gained access to computer systems of federal agencies last year didn’t need...
Global Cargo Logjam Deepens, Delaying Goods Bound For Retailers, Automakers December 23, 2020 By Lisa Baertlein and Jonathan Saul LOS ANGELES/LONDON — Amazon seller Bernie Thompson shifted half of his production out of China to reduce his business risks...
What Happens When Tycoons Abandon Their Giant Cargo Ships December 18, 2020 By K Oanh Ha and Bruce Stanley From the deck of their tanker, Captain Samig Nabiyev and his crew could see the smoke and fire rising over...
What’s Wrong With Commercial Auto and How Do We Fix It? December 18, 2020 By Gary Hagmueller Commercial auto is one of the biggest, most problematic cost centers in the insurance industry. Its loss ratios are incredibly...
Suspected Russian Hackers Target Frail U.S. Supply Chain December 17, 2020 By Jordan Robertson and William Turton For years, U.S. officials have warned about the dangers of cyber-attacks involving the electronics supply chain. This week’s revelation that...
Lloyd’s, Parsyl to Insure Emerging Market COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout December 15, 2020 LONDON, Dec 15 — Lloyd’s of London and insurtech firm Parsyl have launched a program to insure the distribution of...
Floods, Drought Are Destroying Crops and Sparking Food Inflation October 23, 2020 By Fabiana Batista, Agnieszka de Sousa and Mai Ngoc Chau Wild weather is wreaking havoc on crops around the world, sending their prices skyrocketing. On wheat farms in the U.S....
Why Some Organizations Are Managing Coronavirus Risk Better Than Others September 4, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson While few, if any, organizations saw the coronavirus pandemic and all of its death and disruption coming, some were better...