WTW, the global advisory, broking, and solutions company, has announced the launch of a new geopolitical risk research programme to bring together world experts and build resilience against escalating threats.

Marsh has revealed that it has placed insurance for the first space rocket launch from UK soil, arranging it on behalf of Space Forge and placing it with Beazley to cover risk of loss to the Forgestar payload.

Tens of thousands of companies that would benefit from being able to offer their customers insurance will be able to do so from today.