Risk
How Insurers Can Improve Wildfire Risk Evaluations
Wildfires pose significant challenges to insurers. New, expensive homes built in areas encroaching forests, drier weather and the bark beetle infestation are among the factors that have increased the ...Better Reports, More Mobile Homes, Not More Intense Tornadoes: Lloyd’s
While there is little evidence that tornadoes are increasing in either frequency or intensity, marked jumps in event-reporting and in the number of U.S. mobile home dwellers are among factors ...Few Insured Losses Expected From Cat 4 Cyclone In Australia: AIR Worldwide
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide said it does not expect significant insured losses from Tropical Cyclone Rusty, which is expected to make landfall as a Category 4 storm near Port Hedland in ...
Google, Spain In Court Over EU Privacy Law; Global Implications Seen
Google did battle with Spain's data protection authority in Europe's highest court on Tuesday, in a case with global implications that poses one of the toughest questions of the Internet age: When is ...Brazil Cyber Crimes Law To Take Effect In April
Long seen as the Wild West of online fraud, Brazil is about to implement its first cyber crimes law in an attempt to protect its rapidly expanding banking and e-commerce industries. But online ...
White House To Revive Push For Cyber Security Legislation
A senior adviser to President Barack Obama said the White House will soon renew efforts to push cybersecurity legislation through Congress, although he foresees an uphill battle given the failure of ...Analysis: Winning Hacker Battle Nearly Impossible Everywhere
Dire warnings from Washington about a "cyber Pearl Harbor" envision a single surprise strike from a formidable enemy that could destroy power plants nationwide, disable the financial system or ...Mandiant Goes Viral After China Hacking Report
Cybersecurity company Mandiant Corp won plaudits from its peers and made front-page news around the world last week when it published a report that purportedly traced a series of cyberattacks on U.S. ...