WTW has launched a specialist ports and terminals cyber product. CyNav for Ports and Terminals is designed to address the specific cyber threats faced by port and terminal owners and operators, providing cover for BI losses, including those arising from IT service providers, property damage, wrongful delivery of cargo, regulatory actions and crisis management expenses.

Global recovery from the impact of the pandemic has been thwarted by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which is having a negative impact on global growth, according to a report from insurer Atradius. Growth momentum for emerging market economies is weakening too, as fiscal and monetary support from other markets is being rapidly withdrawn.

A report from broker Marsh and technology giant Microsoft has found the upheaval of recent workplace disruption and accelerated digital transformation has left most business leaders no more confident in managing their cyber risk than they were two years ago.

The war in Ukraine could prove to be the tipping point that forces millions of people around the world into hunger, warns the UN secretary general António Guterres. The climate emergency, the economic shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, and now conflict in Ukraine have all contributed to a worsening outlook that he says has already pushed an estimated 500,000 people into famine conditions.

Thirty-six more cases of monkeypox have been identified by UKHSA since 7th May, bringing the total number of cases confirmed in England to 56.

Jobs that require abstract thinking, people engagement and soft skills are less likely to be automated in the future, according to research just published by the London School of Economics and Political Science.