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Fracking Growth Too Fast For Regulators In California: Report
A new report on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") in California warns of the risks of irreversible contamination of surface and groundwater near oil drilling sites, unless the technique is carefully ...
Above-Average Hurricane Season Predicted: 72% Chance Of East Coast Landfall
The Colorado State University team is predicting an above-average 2013 Atlantic basin hurricane season with 18 named storms and a 72 percent chance one will make landfall somewhere along the entire ...
Alternative Re Capital Wave Lowering Traditional Re Prices Too
If April 1 is an accurate barometer for U.S. property/casualty insurers with June and July 1 reinsurance renewal dates, then those primary carriers can look forward to lower prices for both ...
Targeting China IT In Cyber Security Law Is Discriminatory, U.S. Biz Group Says
The U.S.-China Business Council on Monday criticized a new U.S. law aimed at thwarting cyber attacks by discouraging the Justice Department and several other government agencies from buying ...
Kemp Column: Bracing For the Big One; Solar Storm Risk For Power Grids, GPS
Power networks, pipelines, radio communications and the global positioning system (GPS) are all entering a period of increased risk of outages from geomagnetic storms as the solar activity cycle ...
Deadly New Bird Flu Shows Value of Controversial Research
Scientists in the Dutch city of Rotterdam know precisely what it takes for a bird flu to mutate into a potential human pandemic strain - because they've created just such mutant viruses in the ...
Risk Appetite On the Rise in U.S. Capital Markets: Fed Survey
Hedge fund and derivative investors are taking on more risk as aggressive monetary easing and an improving economy boost demand for higher-yielding securities, a Federal Reserve survey showed on ...
Guide To Preventing Class-Action Disasters Arising From Natural Catastrophes
According to recent estimates, total insured losses for Superstorm Sandy will total at least $25 billion. This figure dwarfs the $4.5 billion in estimated losses caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011. ...