Risk
Low 1st Half Cat Impact: Top Asia, U.S. Losses Have Climate Link: Munich Re
Insured losses in the first half of 2014 were $17 billion, considerably below the $25 billion average over the past 10 years, according to Munich Re's 2014 Half-Year Natural Catastrophe Review. ...
CoreLogic: 6.5M U.S. Homes at Risk From Storm Surge
More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs, according to ...
ISO Joins With IDT911 to Analyze Cyber Risks
IDT911 (Identity Theft 911) has become the vendor of choice for data-breach avoidance and remediation services for the ISO Businessowners Program, ISO said Wednesday, announcing a strategic ...
ACE Takes Steps to Expand European Surety Business
ACE Group said it is launching a number of new surety products in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, as part of a broader expansion of its surety capabilities in Europe. The new products will ...
Swiss Re Sees Emerging Risks in Smart Cities and Rubber Tree Plants
Property/casualty and other insurers face a number of new emerging risks, and they're not necessarily what, or where, you'd think. Technological issues relating to smart cities, plant pathogens that ...
Allianz Outlines the Insurance Needs of Emerging-Market Skyscrapers
As the number of skyscrapers and high rises jumps almost exponentially in Asia and the Middle East, the insurance industry faces major challenges in covering risks from construction to completion and ...
Senate Panel Approves Bill Protecting Firms Sharing Hacker-Threat Data
A Senate panel approved a bill that would give Bank of America Corp., Visa Inc. and other companies operating critical U.S. computer systems legal protections for sharing hacking threats with each ...
Typhoon Neoguri Slams Japan: Thousands Urged to Take Shelter
Japan's weather agency warned of storms and high waves as Typhoon Neoguri skirted the country's islands of Okinawa, grounding flights and prompting some to flee their homes for emergency shelters. ...