The Consumer Product Safety Commission has been in the hot seat lately, criticized for its handling of recent children’s and infant product recalls. The latest chapter in the “failure to act” saga features in-home elevators that are putting children …

(DMEC) - One of the most heartwarming commercials on air today features a veteran at an animal shelter surveying dogs available for adoption. While most of the dogs are playfully vying for attention, he notices one dog with soulful eyes, quietly rest…

Drought in France is now a high priority for insurance companies. Over the past few weeks, temperatures have soared and new measures are being put in place to deal with the phenomenon. The persistent heat has caused drought and water shortages with …

C’est dans un contexte de changement climatique global et impactant l’ensemble de la Société, que nous abordons le sujet de la sécheresse en France, d’un point de vue assurantiel. Ce sujet est désormais prioritaire pour les compagnies d’assurance. …

Less than one month after an historic heat wave gripped more than half of Europe, another far-reaching heat wave is leaving a lasting effect on many of the same locations this week, with at least 12 countries reaching record-setting temperatures. The…

Time flies when you work in recall, and that has certainly been the case since our last Recall Spotlight Europe report. Q2 has been an interesting period, to say the least. Our latest Recall Spotlight Europe report answers a variety of burning quest…

What will be the full impact for building certifiers and fire engineers as Australian insurance providers depart the professional indemnity market? Recently Australian underwriters and insurers have decided to withdraw from providing professional in…

When it comes to OTC pharmaceuticals and most personal care products, we’ve become accustomed to breaking layers of plastic bands, packaging seals and shrink-wrapped liners, whether opening a new bottle of ibuprofen or a fresh jar of moisturizer. …

When an employee gets injured on the job, helping them return to work as quickly and safely as possible is the top priority. The longer they stay off work, claim costs rise and productivity is impacted. Studies show that the longer an injured employe…

When there’s a recall, consumers think of the name on the package. Often that brand is the single company believed to be responsible, and that company is the one whose reputation is diminished. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than the food indu…

As every manager knows, job descriptions are a necessary tool to help match the most appropriate and qualified candidates to job postings, while weeding out ‘unqualified’ candidates. This means many job descriptions are written to exclude candidates …

Last week, Facebook announced plans for its own cryptocurrency called Libra. First, let me define cryptocurrency: “Cryptocurrency is a digital currency built with cryptographic protocols that make transactions secure and difficult to fake. The most …

We’ve seen sweeping regulatory changes before, but the FDA’s anticipated regulation of cannabis and CBD-infused products – a market expected to reach more than $20B globally by 2024 – promises to pose significant and unprecedented challenges to food …

Desde hace unas semanas se puede ver en televisión el nuevo anuncio de uno de los SUV más vendidos del mercado. No recordaría el anuncio si no fuera porque además de todo tipo de prestaciones se anuncia que es capaz de circular por autopista sin la a…

Spanish version: https://www.sedgwick.com/blog/2019/06/21/el-sector-mar%C3%ADtimo-navegando-en-la-cuarta-revoluci%C3%B3n-industrial For a few weeks now, a new commercial for one of the best-selling SUVs on the market can be seen on television. I wou…