Europe’s left has traditionally championed social protection, labour rights and expansive welfare states. Yet as Virginia Crespi de Valldaura and Gianmarco Fifi explain, the left has also played a key role in sustaining and shaping neoliberalism. Recent years have witnessed heightened focus on the rise of right-wing forces in Europe. Such an interest has often overshadowed … Read more
US primary insurer Allstate is back in the catastrophe bond market and seeking $350 million or more in multi-peril catastrophe reinsurance protection from the capital markets through a Sanders Re II Ltd. (Series 2024-3) issuance, Artemis can report.For Allstate, this new catastrophe bond will be the twentieth in the Sanders Re series of deals and … Read more
What is ShrinkLocker? ShrinkLocker is a family of ransomware that encrypts an organisation’s data and demands a ransom payment in order to restore access to their files. It was first identified by security researchers in May 2024, after attacks were observed in Mexico, Indonesia, and Jordan. So far, so normal. What makes it noteworthy? The … Read more
If you’re anything like me (and if you are, I’m sorry, and have you tried therapy?) then you’re well-acquainted with those online tables of the top savings accounts. But have you considered smaller building societies that might not make these lists? We all know the drill in 2024. You need somewhere to park your cash. … Read more
A jury has awarded the city of Baltimore $266 million in damages in its suit against pharmaceutical firms McKesson and AmerisourceBergen for their part in the city’s opioid epidemic. With the jury award, the city has notched another win for its strategy of opting out of a national opioid settlement and pursuing opioid cases on … Read more
