With the COVID-19 pandemic preventing professionals from travelling and performing on-site inspections at factories and warehouses, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance has decided to offer an online-based remote loss prevention service for corporate clients as a complementary support measure.
China Pacific Insurance Group (CPIC) has been successfully listed and commenced trading on the Shanghai segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
With COVID-19 restrictions triggering a rise in businesses implementing work-from-home arrangements, Aon plc has decided to expand the scope of its cyber risk assessment platform, CyQu Enterprise, to address increased cyber vulnerabilities brought about by remote work.
There was a 25% spike in ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2020 over Q4 2019, according to specialist insurer Beazley. The figure is based on incidents reported to Beazley’s in-house breach response team, Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services.
Employees injured while working from home must be compensated by employers, Singapore Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad said in Parliament on June 04.
China Pacific Insurance is reportedly pushing through with its planned London listing via a Sino-British stock link scheme, despite the volatility in financial markets caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Remote workers have been targeted by up to 65,00 Google-branded impersonation attacks, according to a new study from cybersecurity specialist Barracuda Networks. This type of scam, called “spear phishing,” uses branded sites to trick victims into sharing their login credentials.
The CBIRC, in a policy document issued this week, outlines a set of new rules aimed at bolstering a programme designed to reduce leverage in the economy. Insurance funds, pension funds and qualified retail investors will be allowed to invest in banks' investment plans that have debt-to-equity swaps as underlying assets.
Hackers put more than half a million login details for the teleconferencing app Zoom on the dark web, sale at 1 pence (1.25 cents) each, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
According to Check Point Software, there have been over 4,000 coronavirus-related domains registered globally since January 2020.