Risk
ACE CEO Greenberg Gushes About Emerging Market Potential
ACE Ltd. generated mostly robust 2014 second-quarter results. Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg acknowledged as much during the company's investor call on July 23. But he spend a lot of time on ...
Global Terrorism Fatalities Up 30%: Maplecroft
Global fatalities from acts of terrorism have risen 30 percent over the last 12 months compared to the five-year average, according to a new security monitoring service from global risk analytics ...
Colorado Regulators See Real Link Between Quakes and Wastewater Wells
Colorado regulators said on Thursday that the disposal of oil and gas wastewater at a well in Weld County likely caused a series of small earthquakes this year, in another sign that a U.S. drilling ...
New Breed of ‘Go-Anywhere’ Investors Transforming Emerging Markets
New types of long-term investors and flexible, "go-anywhere" investing styles are helping transform emerging markets by making the once-volatile sector less prone to the sweeping sector-wide ...
Cat Losses Ding Travelers’ Q2 Net Income
The Travelers Cos. began 2014 with a bang, giving investors a first quarter of soaring net and operating income, thanks in part to a major acquisition. For Q2, however, higher catastrophe losses ...
U.S. at High Risk for Cyber Terrorism, Says 9/11 Commission
The terrorist threat against the U.S. remains dangerous 10 years after the 9/11 Commission issued its first report—only now the risk is greater online. In a report issued Tuesday, panel members who ...
Canadian Earthquake Cat Modeling Gets an AIR Worldwide Revamp
AIR Worldwide revamped its earthquake model for Canada, with updates covering seismicity, paleoseismic and active fault data, among other areas. Simply put, the Massachusetts-based catastrophe risk ...
How Hot Was It? Last Year Among 10 Hottest on Record: Study
Last year was one of the world's 10 hottest in records going back to the 19th century as concentrations of climate-changing greenhouses gases rose, a study showed. Four international agencies ...