Research
Cell Phone Alerts Impair Focus Even When Calls Not Answered
Whether you are alerted to an incoming phone call or text by a trendy ringtone, an alarm bell or a quiet vibration, just receiving a notification on your cell phone can cause enough of a distraction ...
Q2 Cat Bond Issuance Robust, But Below Record 2014 Levels: Aon Benfield
Catastrophe bond issuance came in at a healthy clip during the 2015 second quarter, but the half-year total dipped considerably from the same, record-breaking period in 2014, Aon Benfield found in ...
Munich Re: Global Insured Cat Losses in H1 Land Below Long-Term Average
Overall losses and insured losses from natural catastrophes during the first half of 2015 were below long-term average values, according to a review of global natural catastrophes issued by Munich ...
‘Clean’ Audit Reports Have Hidden Warnings That Investors Miss
Investors may be overlooking information about financial misstatement risk in unqualified audit reports, according to research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at ...
Eurozone Insurers Can Withstand Greece’s Instability: A.M. Best
The impact of Greece exiting the eurozone is likely to hit market confidence in the region, although insurers and reinsurers operating in the economic bloc are well positioned to withstand a ...
Turning Office Workers Into Athletes
Office work will become much less of a pain in the neck if Julie Côté has her way. This kinesiology researcher who teaches at McGill University in Montreal is interested in finding ways to reduce ...
ACE: Tech, Supply Chain and Regulatory Risks Top Concerns for EMEA Businesses
Risk managers identify technology, supply chain and regulatory as the risks currently causing their organizations the greatest concern, according to new research published by ACE European Group. ...
Move Over Uber Drivers: Autonomous Taxis Offer Green Benefits
According to a new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), a system of driverless taxi fleets would both be cost-effective and greatly reduce per-mile emissions of greenhouse ...