Underwriting
Ebola Disrupts Some of Exxon Mobil’s West Africa Operations
Exxon Mobil Corp has seen some of its oil and gas activities in West Africa disrupted by the Ebola outbreak, including plans to drill offshore Liberia, the company's chief executive officer said on ...
AmTrust Closes Deal to Snatch Up Florida WC Insurer
AmTrust Financial Services has closed its purchase of a workers compensation insurer—a subsidiary of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida (Florida Blue)—right according to plan. AmTrust still ...
Insurers Bullish on Private Market Assets for Diversification: BlackRock
Insurance companies around the world are making a significant move toward private market assets to diversify against the risks that have traditionally underpinned their businesses, according to a new ...
No New Property-Cat Bonds in Q3: Verisk
There wasn't a single new property-catastrophe bond issued in the 2014 third quarter, the first time that's happened this time of year in at least a decade, Verisk Insurance Solutions asserts in its ...
Following the Science on Fracking, the Environment and Human Health
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) combined with horizontal drilling has unleashed a huge oil and gas boom in the United States and redrawn the world energy map. But could this new technology result in ...
A Reinsurer’s Perspective on the Current Catastrophe Modeling Landscape
Charles Dickens couldn't have predicted what has happened in the reinsurance industry the last 10 years. It has been the best of times for coastal inhabitants of the United States, as it has been a ...
National Weather Service Launches Advance Warning Disaster Model
Neighborhoods about to be hit by tornadoes and pilots heading into turbulence will get more warning from the National Weather Service starting today. At least, that's the promise of a new forecast ...
Europol Pushes For Data Law Changes to Battle Cybercrime
Law enforcers in Europe need greater powers to retain data for longer in order to catch cybercriminals selling discrete services that police cannot trace under existing regulations, according to a ...