China has a long way to go to significantly reduce deaths from particulate pollution, as 81% of the people live in areas with unhealthy particulate levels, according to WHO's air quality guidelines.
One in four (25%) UK employees don't reveal their mental health challenges to their employers and nearly a third (31%) say they would not feel comfortable disclosing a mental health issue to their employers.
The hard insurance market should serve as a wake-up call for risk and insurance managers to refocus their efforts on the basics of the profession: Risks, exposures, mitigation and loss prevention, and how to communicate them.
UK businesses are more at risk from cyber attacks because of challenges posed by large-scale remote working and poor training.
Four markets in MENA were again among the top 50 property casualty markets around the world ranked on the Country Opportunity Index published this year, which are the same markets from the region ranked in 2019.
Four insurers have yet to comply with the minimum PHP900m ($18.5m) net-worth requirement imposed by the insurance law and the Insurance Commission is urging them to do so "in the coming days" or face closure.
Flaws exist in corporate governance in P&C insurance companies whose shareholders are local-level state owned entities, says Mr Li Youxiang, director of the Property Insurance Supervision Department of the CBIRC.
New rules that take effect on 1 November and regulate financial holding companies aim to address potential systemic risks and will significantly improve the industry's governance standards if they are effectively executed, Fitch Ratings says.
China has plans to accelerate the building of over 15,000 earthquake monitoring stations that could report even distant tremors in 5-10 seconds, experts from the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) have revealed. The warnings will be released through mobile phones, TV, radio and new media.
Lloyd's of London has published a new report to help city administrators and risk managers, as well as Lloyd's market insurers and brokers, understand the risks that will influence the design and function of cities in the coming decades.