The UK recorded around 80,100 more deaths between the start of the coronavirus pandemic and 8 January 2021 than during the corresponding period 12 months earlier, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has revealed.
COVID-19 has threatened to impede the global cooperation needed to tackle a vast array of heightened risks over the next decade, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned today.
The world's largest asset managers remain misaligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement due to their investments in the automotive, fossil fuel production, and electric power sectors.
Almost half of senior managers in the UK's financial sector are unaware of forced labour and exploitation in the country, a groundbreaking investigation has uncovered.
Tens of thousands of small firms will receive payments from insurance companies for coronavirus-related business interruption losses, following a ruling by the UK's Supreme Court today.
The annual increase in deaths across England and Wales in 2020 was higher than in any year since the Great Depression, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has revealed.
The UK's annual birth rate could dip to the lowest level on record this year as a result of the health, social and economic effects of COVID-19, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Insurance companies suffered significantly higher losses from natural disasters in 2020 than they did the previous year, research from Munich Re has revealed.
Employee and employer contributions to defined contribution (DC) pensions schemes in the UK fell significantly last year amid COVID-19 turmoil, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed.
The global economy is forecast to grow at a record speed this year, although the rate of expansion is likely to be significantly uneven across countries.
