Risk
Greenpeace: “Fossil Fuel” Execs Risk Lawsuits For Denying Climate Change
Environmental groups said executives of coal, oil, gas and other "fossil fuel" companies could be held liable and risk lawsuits if they support groups that deny climate change and resist policies to ...
Singapore Agriculture Cat Modeling Firm Eyes China Expansion
Asia Risk Centre (ARC) scored two major insurance licensing deals that should help expand its agriculture catastrophe modeling presence in China. The Singapore catastrophe modeling and analytics ...
AIG’s Rehab Continues With Improved S&P Outlook
The rehabilitation of American International Group Inc. continues with news that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has improved its outlook for the insurance conglomerate. Two years after AIG ...
Google Driverless Cars, Minus Steering Wheels, Redefine Auto Risks
Google Inc is building cars that don't have steering wheels, accelerator pedals or brake pedals, in an ambitious expansion of the Internet company's efforts to develop self-driving cars. The small ...
Opinion: Risk Versus Reward In The ‘Internet of Things’
I hope it's not true that Apple's next big bet will be on the "Internet of things." The concept is a useless and dangerous one, and now Apple's powerful marketing machine may join Google's in selling ...
Munich Re Plans IT-Based Coverage For Unanticipated Construction Costs
Munich Re will work with a German specialty software giant to develop what it bills as the first global IT-based insurance product for large construction projects to handle unplanned expenses. A ...
An Evolving Risk: Marsh’s Parisi on the Importance of Cyber Coverage
Marsh has tracked the evolution of cyber risk over the last 20 years as it has grown in scope—from technology failure to cyber terrorism and more. Cyber insurance has become an increasingly crucial ...
El Nino Threat Spurs Asian Governments Into Action
Asia's governments are scrambling to head off the potential impact of a weather phenomenon that in the past has driven food prices to levels that sparked social unrest. With lessons learned, ...