Emerging Markets
Tropical Storm Vongfong Hits Japan
Tokyo residents were warned of violent winds and flooding as Tropical storm Vongfong headed northeast toward Japan's main island of Honshu, injuring dozens and causing power outages. The storm packed ...
Get Your Insurance, IKEA-style
A new competitor is jumping directly into the insurance market – IKEA Group, the Swedish maker of stylish and affordable furniture. The Wall Street Journal reported that the company began selling ...
Atlantic Hurricane Season Still Has Time To Rally
The Atlantic hurricane season isn't dead yet. As weather-watchers focus on Typhoon Vongfong in the Pacific and Cyclone Hudhud in the Bay of Bengal, a subtropical depression has formed south of ...
Ebola Fears Lead To Tighter Port Ship Entry Procedures
Brazil, Argentina and the United States have tightened port entry procedures for ships that have sailed from West Africa in a bid to control the potential spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Ebola has ...
Aon Benfield: India, Pakistan Flooding 2014’s Costliest Weather Event So Far
The costliest weather event so far 2014 involved torrential monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in India and Pakistan in September, Aon Benfield concluded in a new report. The firm's September ...
Cyber Insurance Market Will Surge, Lloyds CEO Predicts
Lloyd's of London Chief Executive Officer Inga Beale expects the market for cyber insurance to surge after hackers attacked some of the largest companies in the U.S., including JPMorgan Chase & ...
Novarica Brings on Insurance IT Vet For Leadership Team
Novarica said it is bringing on an international insurance technology veteran as a principal to the company. Mitch Wein will be joining the firm on Nov. 1, working out of its New York office. He was ...Geithner: AIG’s Collapse Could Have Triggered Global Mass Panic
The failure in 2008 of American International Group Inc., the world's biggest insurer, would have caused "mass panic on a global scale," Timothy Geithner, the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New ...