Risk
Japan’s Abe Orders Surviving Fukushima Reactors Scrapped, Pledges Safe Olympics
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the scrapping of two Fukushima nuclear reactors that survived the 2011 tsunami, a write-off that threatens to complicate a turnaround plan the operator has ...
Two Years On: How Nuclear Sells Itself Post-Fukushima
Two years after the catastrophe at Japan's Fukushima plant, sellers of atomic reactors woo potential buyers with the promise that lessons learned from one of the world's worst nuclear disasters make ...
Obama’s Energy, EPA Chiefs Say Climate Plan Won’t Kill Coal
New rules limiting emissions from U.S. power plants that are expected to be proposed on Friday will "provide certainty" to the coal industry, environment and energy chiefs told lawmakers anxious ...
PartnerRe Says German Hail Impact to Exceed $50M
PartnerRe Ltd. announced estimates of its cost for the German hailstorms that occurred in the last week of July 2013, putting the losses at between $50 million and $60 million pre-tax. The range of ...
Concerns About Fracking Fluids Emerge in Flood-Struck Colorado
Contaminated water spilling from flooded oil and gas drilling sites in Colorado is refocusing attention on the environmental risks surrounding America's fracking boom. Floods that have devastated ...
NAMIC Opposes Efforts to Delay Flood Insurance Reforms
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies on Wednesday released a statement urging Congress to resist efforts to delay the reforms adopted under the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform ...
New Jersey Boardwalk Fire Linked to Sandy-Damaged Wiring
The massive fire that destroyed part of a Jersey Shore boardwalk and dozens of businesses began accidentally in wiring damaged by Superstorm Sandy—and should prompt coastal property owners to ...
Tokyo Riskiest City Due to Natural Disaster Exposure
Japan's Tokyo-Yokohama region is the riskiest place in the world to do business, in terms of the potential human and economic costs of a possible natural catastrophe, a study found on Wednesday. The ...