Risk
Study Shows Pacific Tropical Cyclone Intensity Shifting Farther North: U.S. Researchers
Typhoons are peaking in strength farther north in the western Pacific Ocean, and that may have consequences for Japan and the Korean peninsula in years to come, according to researchers. Tropical ...
RAND Study Backing TRIA Among Latest Additions to Continuing Renewal Debate
More than seven months before the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is set to expire yet again, the lobbying push to renew it or let the post-9/11 law lapse is accelerating, with no consensus yet in ...
Troubled Tower Ends Relationship with PwC; Fitch Announces Downgrade, Rating Withdrawal
Tower Group International has fired PricewaterhouseCoopers as its accounting firm, six months after announcing it would restate previously filed financial statements for 2011 and 2012 due to ...
MERS Virus Suspected in Illnesses of 2 Florida Hospital Workers
Two workers at the Florida hospital where federal officials reported a case of a potentially lethal Arabian virus have fallen ill after coming into contact with the patient. One of the workers has ...
What Causes Wildfires? People, Brush and More
Spring's not even over and already wildfires have raged in California, New Mexico and Oregon this year. A bulletin issued by the National Interagency Fire Center forecasts above normal fire potential ...
Tower Group Fields Unsolicited Offer From Eastern European Insurer
An Eastern European insurer based in countries including Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia submitted a surprise bid to snatch up Tower Group International, an unexpected wrinkle in Tower's increasingly ...
Warning: Fuel Production Process Heightens Okla. Earthquake Risks
Central Oklahoma is at serious risk of a damaging earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Oklahoma Geological Survey said, pointing to the injection of wastewater into deep geologic formations ...
Computer Glitch That Caused Air Traffic System Shutdown Sparks Cyber Attack Concerns
A common design problem in the U.S. air traffic control system made it possible for a U-2 spy plane to spark a computer glitch that recently grounded or delayed hundreds of Los Angeles area flights, ...