Emerging Markets
Iceland Volcano May Menace Atlantic Flights Indefinitely
Iceland said heightened alert levels for airlines may be in place for months as one of its biggest volcanoes continues to rumble, threatening an eruption and ash cloud that would menace flights ...
Post-Quake Napa Rushes to Deal With Damage
Wineries and hospitality businesses in and around Napa, California, near the epicenter of the worst earthquake to hit the area in 25 years, rushed to clean up rubble and broken glass ahead of the ...
Iceland Retracts Volcanic Eruption Warning But Monitoring Continues
Iceland is monitoring rumbling at the Bardarbunga volcano for a second week after it yesterday retracted an announcement of an eruption and eased a warning to airlines over a possible ash plume. The ...
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 ...
China Retailer Counters Food Safety Scares With Baby Milk Insurance
A Chinese retailer is offering insurance to customers who buy infant milk powder, highlighting the lengths to which companies are going to address concern about food safety in China. Suning Commerce ...
RMS: Global Ebola Pandemic Highly Unlikely
To those who worry about the risk of a global Ebola pandemic, catastrophe modeler RMS is essentially saying, "relax." In a new blog entry on the company's web site, RMS acknowledged that the World ...
Google’s Driverless Car Impresses in Demo Run
The car stopped at stop signs. It glided around curves. It didn't lurch or jolt. The most remarkable thing about the drive was that it was utterly unremarkable. This isn't damning with faint praise. ...
I.I.I.: Earthquake Risks Rising as Homeowners Coverage Declines
While earthquake risks are rising in the U.S., fewer homeowners nationally say they have earthquake insurance, creating a potentially huge gap in coverage, according to the Insurance Information ...