Evolving geopolitical conflicts push maritime insurers to rethink war-risk coverage rules. This article appears in the July/August issue of Global Finance Magazine. An insurance consortium to help ships transit the Strait of Hormuz may reflect a new definition of war for purposes of maritime claims, depending on new armed-conflict provisions under debate. Lloyd’s of London…
Maybe I’m just old (coughs dust), but if you can make a click do something in HTML and CSS alone, it always feels cool and fancy to me. Even just “click to go to another page”, the foundation of the web, is cool and fancy. And if it happens to go to a same-domain URL,…
Choosing where to raise money on a valuable item is not as simple as it once was. You can still walk into a shop on the high street, or you can start the whole thing from your sofa with an online pawnbroker. Both routes can turn an asset into cash. The right one depends on…
A new report finds global fintech revenues topped $504 billion as sector growth outpaced traditional finance. This article appears in the July/August issue of Global Finance Magazine. A shift in sentiment is underway in the global fintech sector. Two years ago, the industry was still recovering from the post-pandemic fintech reset, which brought capital shortages, plunging…
The International Criminal Court is in the trenches right now. Last week, its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, was voted out of his position. In a first-of-its-kind vote, 82 member states decided that he engaged in misconduct and a serious breach of duty. The vote comes after he was accused of sexual misconduct by a female…
A boat or personal watercraft collision is a stark reminder of how quickly a medical emergency turns into a financial one. When rescue crews arrive, the focus centers entirely on saving lives; emergency hospital bills are only the beginning of a long financial recovery. Emergency transport alone can generate significant debt before follow-up care begins—especially…
Liquidity relief today, balance-sheet strain tomorrow: The very structures that make private credit nimble—PIK loans—could also mask risk until it’s too late. When GoHealth Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 7, the writing had been on the wall for two years. The Chicago-based health insurance marketplace had inked a payment-in-kind (PIK) deal…
Whether you’re enjoying some well-earned time off this August or are jumping headfirst into a new project, how about some new desktop wallpapers to accompany you on all those big and small adventures the month might bring? Well, we’ve got you covered! Everybody loves a beautiful wallpaper to freshen up their desktops and home screens,…
Why Disconnected Finance Workflows Weaken Salesforce Accounting Integration An Order is ready in Salesforce. The customer details, products, prices, payment terms, and billing address are already there. Yet finance still opens another system, copies the same information, checks the VAT treatment, uploads the invoice file, and prepares the data for DATEV. This handoff may seem…
I almost shipped a bad AI integration once. The feature worked technically: the model answered questions correctly, the UI looked clean, and everyone nodded along in our internal demo. Then we put real users on it, and within 48 hours a product manager Slack’d me asking why 60% of sessions were ending with no response…