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Jaclyn Jaeger2025-09-08T16:49:00
Cyber threats, climate-related catastrophes, and disruptive technologies are among the top risks that continue to transform the U.S. insurance industry today. This article examines a few of these critical risks and describes how chief risk officers (CROs) at some of the nation’s largest insurance companies are tackling them head-on.
Nonfinancial risk management is “gaining traction,” said Erwann Michel-Kerjan, leader of McKinsey’s insurance and risk practices in North America.
“We are witnessing more boards expecting measurable progress across these topics to better protect the insurer and, ultimately, their shareholders and customers.”
2025-10-09T18:11:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
On-again-off-again tariffs, a down economy, and a long list of global supply chain disruptions are challenging U.S. food and beverage companies to adjust their supply chain operations in a variety of ways.
2025-10-07T20:32:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced data analytics, can improve audit quality in significant ways. As the regulatory overseer of public-company audits, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has a critical role to play by ensuring that its audit standards evolve as the audit profession evolves.
2024-01-17T18:28:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued for public comment guidance for insurers operating in the state regarding their use of artificial intelligence systems and other predictive technologies.
2025-09-24T18:54:00Z By Aly McDevitt
Amid Syria’s descent into civil war, Lafarge’s quest to keep its $680 million cement plant running led to secret deals with terrorists—and ultimately, a historic U.S. Department of Justice prosecution for aiding ISIS.
2025-09-24T14:01:00Z By Aly McDevitt
Paris-based cement maker Lafarge thought it was saving a plant—instead, it built a pipeline to the Islamic State of Syria.
2025-09-23T13:59:00Z By Aly McDevitt
Middlemen were used and invoices were falsified, but the trail remained. French cement maker Lafarge’s Syrian cement plant began as a business in a war zone, but it soon spiraled into a revenue-sharing agreement with ISIS that led to historic charges of financing terrorism.
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