Companies should perform a thorough review of business practices and how they could give rise to intellectual property exposure, and also consult with their insurance broker on how to insure against risks.
The Marsh 2022 "Political Risk Report" indicates areas—both geographical and by economic or political risk factor—in which companies need to be paying more attention to their potential exposures.
Public companies and their stakeholders often struggle with effective environmental, social and governance programs in the absence of clear and common standards and regulations. But the landscape is rapidly changing in a way that will likely impose new risks and costs on companies.
The retailer's 2021 earnings came in considerably lower than expected due to a combination of Covid staffing issues, consumer spending trends, and inflation.
"Are we going to see a recurrence of this gender divide that we saw with flex-time and part-time—that more men are in the office and that women, and especially women with children, are opting to work remotely?"