4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (295+ words) Benefits now account for exactly 30 percent of what private-sector employers pay per hour worked - $14.07 of a $46.89 total, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) report for June. Wages made up the remaining 70 percent, at…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (394+ words) The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has published new guidance highlighting an often-overlooked risk for marine cargo insurers - non-compliant wood packaging material, the pallets, crates and dunnage used to ship goods internationally, and the disruption that follows when regulators…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (770+ words) Electric lorries that cost more to repair than to insure, cargo ships with no agreed fuel strategy, and a maritime sector operating under guidelines formalised only months ago: a Reuters Events and AXA XL report sets out the insurance risks…...