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Viewpoint: Underwriting, Acronyms and Climate Change
Floating together in a muck of alphabet soup the insurance industry, the government and the scientific community can be assured success in at least one thing amid their combined efforts to deal with ...
Earthquake Insurer Startup Expands Into Multiple States
Palomar Specialty Insurance Company has expanded into 10 more states, six months after launching as a provider of commercial and residential earthquake insurance. The California-based company ...
New RMS Terrorism Model Accounts For Fewer Risks in Many Locales
Catastrophe modeling firm RMS revamped its terrorism model to reflect lower terrorism risks in countries including Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom. RMS said the changes reflect ...
The Dead and Missing Rise in Japan Landslide Tragedy
Rescue workers battled through mud for a second day in search of dozens of people still missing after torrential rain triggered landslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima that killed 39 ...
Exploiting ‘Heartbleed’ Bug Aided Massive Hospital System Cyber Attack
Hackers who stole the personal data of about 4.5 million patients of hospital group Community Health Systems Inc broke into the company's computer system by exploiting the "Heartbleed" internet bug, ...
QBE CEO Neal: We’ll Keep U.S. Middle Market Biz
QBE has changed its mind about a possible sale of its U.S.-based middle market business, months after confirming that it was under strategic review. Why the change? It seems there's been a bit of a ...
Canada Feds: Rail Disaster Followed Inadequate Company Audit
The Canadian government did not adequately audit the railroad company at the center of the Lac-Mégantic crude tanker disaster, which last year killed 47 people, an independent federal agency said on ...
Resurgent Iceland Volcano Adds Risk to North Atlantic Flights
Airlines are on alert as one of Iceland's biggest volcanoes rumbles to life, threatening ash clouds that could force flight cancellations across the North Atlantic, the busiest international travel ...