Thanks to climate change, so-called 'secondary perils' are a least as threatening to global property and casualty insurers as primary perils such as earthquakes or hurricanes, according to the latest sigma study published by Swiss Re.

Our monkey brains guide our bodies through medieval governmental structures while manipulating the technology of the gods. This inherent tension creates endless contradictions, power struggles, and confusion in our world. There is little debate that technology rules commerce.

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc and courier services provider Postmates Inc asked a U.S. court to block a California labor law set to go into effect on Wednesday, arguing the bill violates the U.S. Constitution.

The modern workers' compensation system was devised to provide a guarantee of care and medical treatment to injured workers from their employers.