The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges for industries across the board, and manufacturing is no different. With digitalisation on everybody’s lips, the question is, how can manufacturers best leverage technology, automation and IoT to rebound from the COVID-19 crisis as smoothly and as quickly as possible? Challenges to the manufacturing sector One of the … Read more
As businesses increasingly rely on multi-cloud environments, building cloud resilience becomes critical. In this article, we will explore the key components of cloud resilience and its importance in recovering from outages such as ransomware attacks. We will delve into essential elements of cloud resilience such as cloud infrastructure backup, dual-vault cloud time machine, and recovery-as-code. … Read more
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and a group of state lawmakers are pushing a 10-bill legislative package designed to improve disaster preparedness and help protect wildfire survivors. The bills intended focus are on consumer protection, climate resiliency and market strength. Among the proposals are a statewide grant program to assist with wildfire hardening, protections for … Read more
Over the course of 2024 there were a number of recoveries made under catastrophe bonds, however these were primarily driven by cat losses that occurred in prior years, in particular both hurricane’s Ian and Otis, according to Swiss Re Capital Markets, the investment banking and insurance-linked securities (ILS) division of reinsurance giant Swiss Re.In a … Read more
The modern workplace has undergone a seismic transformation over recent years, with hybrid work becoming the norm and businesses rapidly adopting cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications to facilitate it. SaaS applications like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace have now become the backbone of business operations, enabling seamless collaboration and productivity. However, this dependence on SaaS solutions … Read more