Data & Research
Manmade Climate Change Likely Contributed to Severity of French Floods
An international team of scientists has found that manmade climate change nearly doubled the likelihood of last month's devastating French flooding. In a quick but not peer-reviewed analysis, the ...
Boards of Directors Doomed to Fail: Research
How effective is a board of directors at overseeing company executives? Highly ineffective, according to a study co-authored by a Texas A&M University professor, which finds boards cannot ...
China Cyber Spying Activity Down Sharply: FireEye Report
The Chinese government appears to be abiding by its September pledge to stop supporting the hacking of American trade secrets to help companies there compete, private U.S. security executives and ...
Model Predicts Disease Outbreaks Based on Climate Changes
A model that predicts outbreaks of zoonotic diseases—those originating in livestock or wildlife such as Ebola and Zika—based on changes in climate, population growth and land use has been ...
Open Office Layouts Have Adverse Impact: Research
There's a significant gap in understanding between senior executives and employees when it comes to ensuring productivity and satisfaction at work, according to a recent study. Employees just want to ...
AIR Worldwide Releases Enhanced Southeast Asia Earthquake/Typoon Models
AIR Worldwide is rolling out beefed up earthquake and typhoon models for Southeast Asia. The catastrophe modeling firm, a Verisk Analytics business, said the earthquake model updates cover: Tsunami ...
Insurers: Ignore the FinTech Revolution at Your Long-Term Peril
While 90 percent of insurers fear they will lose business to a FinTech start-up, only 43 percent say they have put FinTech at the heart of their corporate strategies, according to report published by ...
Reinsurers Stock Prices Hit as Soft Market Persists: A.M. Best
While global reinsurers are continuing to withstand challenging market conditions, their stock prices, on average, are starting to take a hit as a result of the persistent soft market and its ...