Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) has named Michele Pignoli as Head of a newly established unit focused on Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) and Parametric insurance solutions, as the company sets its sights on scaling up this segment under its new 2025–2027 Next Level strategic plan.Scaling up the product offering in ART and Parametrics is … Read more
China has unveiled the world’s first close-in anti-drone barrage weapon system, a groundbreaking innovation against drone swarms and high-speed missiles, according to its developer. The Bullet Curtain system, developed by China’s largest arms maker Norinco, employs a unique “plane-to-point” interception method, creating a wall of projectiles to blanket incoming targets with overlapping firepower. It was … Read more
Shed a tear, if you can, for the poor, misunderstood cybercriminals hard at work trying to earn a dishonest crust by infecting organisations with ransomware. Newly released research has revealed that the riches to be made from encrypting a company’s data and demanding a ransom are not proving so easy to come by as they … Read more
Viel Aufsehen hat in den letzten Tagen ein Satz aus einem Verhandlungspapier der koalierenden CDU/CSU und SPD erregt: Die Union strebte an, das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (IFG) „in seiner bisherigen Form“ abzuschaffen. Hiergegen gab es von Seiten der Zivilgesellschaft starke Proteste. Nun steht im neuen Koalitionsvertrag, das IFG solle stattdessen „mit einem Mehrwert für Bürgerinnen und Bürger … Read more
Creating an investment game plan is a crucial part of building lasting wealth. Without one, you’re likely to accumulate far less over your lifetime. Now that the S&P 500 briefly corrected by 20% in 2025, we’ve officially entered another bear market. Historically, bear markets have lasted about two years on average, but this one is … Read more