The first human case of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox has been found in the UK, the UK Health Security Agency has said. Detected in London, the individual has been transferred to the Royal Free Hospital High Consequence Infectious Diseases unit. The case had recently travelled in Africa.

Portions of eastern and southern Spain have been significantly impacted this week by persistent, extreme rain, triggering one of the nation’s worst natural disasters in recent history.
Thus far, the event has resulted in at least 158 deaths, according to Aon’s Impact Forecasting Cat Alert.

Risk engineering and data solution provider Risk Solved has entered into a partnership with inspection management software provider Papertrail.

Some 280 notable global natural disaster events in Q1-Q3 resulted in economic losses of at least £199bn and insurance losses equivalent to £79bn, according to the latest Global Catastrophe Recap report from Aon.

Lloyd’s has appointed Nathan Adams as its chief people officer. Adams will join Lloyd’s early next year, and will report directly to John Neal.

The Cyber Monitoring Centre has partnered with the British Chambers of Commerce to gather data and insights on the impact of cyber events on UK businesses. In 2024, polling has been conducted for three cyber events, including most recently the CrowdStrike incident. The resulting data provided unique insights across industries, including the manufacturing and construction industries.