Risk
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 ...
Smart Tech Creates New Risks for Energy Industry
Last November, Felix Lindner came very close to shutting down the power supply of Ettlingen, a town of almost 40,000 people in the south of Germany. "We could have switched off everything: power, ...
‘Funnel of Fire’ Destroyed 100 Homes in Washington; Fires Continue
A fire racing through rural north-central Washington destroyed about 100 homes as of Friday, leaving behind smoldering rubble, solitary brick chimneys and burned-out automobiles as it blackened ...
Insured Losses From Hurricane Arthur Will Not Exceed $250M: RMS
Insured losses from Hurricane Arthur—the first hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. since 2012's Hurricane Sandy—will not exceed $250 million from wind and coastal flooding, according to ...