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Report 12/01/2021
Life Science in the era of pandemics - Part 4: Fighting COVID-19 with genomics
Advances in genomics are turbocharging the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing to redefine how we understand healthcare.
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Article 12/01/2021
Avoiding modern slavery demands better supply chain management
Modern slavery has become a growing concern for businesses across all sectors, becoming an issue insurers are taking seriously.
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Report 06/01/2021
COVID-19: what will it mean for the future of risk?
Our research identified five key risk themes that have implications and represent both challenges and opportunities for businesses, insurers, and wider society. This will assist in moving the conversation forward as we look beyond COVID-19, highlighting the important need to reshape the dynamic relationship between companies, households, and insurers.
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Article 05/01/2021
COVID-19 vaccines – bringing hope to many, but presenting challenges to forwarders
In early December 2020, the UK government announced with considerable fanfare its approval of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine. Around 40 million doses were ordered, and the UK’s mass vaccination programme commenced in December 2020, with the US, Canada, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia close behind. On 30 December 2020, the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine received UK approval with the first doses administered in early January.
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Article 23/12/2020
Supreme Court gives green light to third runway at Heathrow
Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal ruled that the planned expansion of Heathrow Airport was unlawful. In particular, the Court of Appeal determined that the Secretary of State for Transport had failed to take into account climate change obligations contained within the Paris Agreement on Climate Change when drafting the Airport’s National Policy Statement.
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Article 21/12/2020
Global distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine: aviation’s mission of the century?
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Article 17/12/2020
The 'desperation effect': Preparing for a rise in customer claims as a result of a Covid-induced economic downturn
The annual Claims and Fraud Summit from Insurance Post took place this year virtually on 18-19 November 2020. In this session video from the summit, Kennedys partner Martin Stockdale, Scott Clayton, Zurich Insurance and Stephen Dalton, Insurance Fraud Bureau discuss the anticipated challenges for insurance claims and fraud teams.
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Article 17/12/2020
COVID-19, injury claims & floodgates - Insurance Post Claims & Fraud summit 2020
From the Insurance Post Claims and Fraud summit 2020, in this video James Shrimpton, Partner at Kennedys, focuses on the legal basis for Covid-19 infection claims, current medical research, the impact of the pandemic on other injury claims and whether we will see a flood of infection claims.
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Article 11/12/2020
The past, present and future: the pandemic’s impact on injury claims in England and Wales
As we reach the end of the year, we provide a short synopsis of what we have experienced whilst enduring the COVID-19 pandemic and offer some practical tips going forwards.
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Report 11/12/2020
Trends update for financial risks and professions
Today’s directors and officers have significant responsibilities not only in preserving company value and ensuring success in the future but also in responding diligently to political and environmental tensions, emerging technologies, changing regulation, and the need to promote diversity. The D&O landscape will continue to be challenging as we move into 2021.