France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Spain and the US Metropolitan area of New York are all at high risk.

All non-essential retail stores including clothing and electronics stores, libraries, community centres, playgrounds, gyms, places of worship and hotels are due to close with immediate effect as the prime minister puts new restrictions in place in an effort to tackle COVID-19.

Sedgwick has today reported a saving of £35.2m across home, commercial, motor and liability claims in 2019. This represents an increase of £5.4m (18%) on 2018. Commercial claims accounted for the largest proportion of this saving, at £14.8m.

A new bill amends the Fire Safety Order 2005 to clarify that the responsible person or duty-holder for multi-occupied, residential buildings must manage and reduce the risk of fire for the structure and external walls of the building, including cladding, balconies and windows; and entrance doors to individual flats that open into common parts.

Willis Towers Watson has launched an tool that provides real-time information on confirmed global COVID-19 cases alongside clients’ property total insured values by location. Part of its Global Peril Diagnostic modelling tool, the new feature enables clients to easily track developments of the pandemic set against their property assets around the world.

A report launched today by the British Standards Institution highlights the ongoing risks relating to the coronavirus outbreak, widespread protests and climate change as key drivers of global supply chain disruption. Using data from its SCREEN tool, BSI predicts these trends will dominate the global supply chain throughout the year ahead.