Emerging Markets
Allied World Gains Australian Beachhead
Switzerland's Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG is continuing its expansion in the Asia Pacific region with the launch of a new office in Australia. Allied World said in a press release ...
Hacking Threats Make Cyber Experts Darlings of the Corporate World
Some of the largest U.S. companies are looking to hire cybersecurity experts in newly elevated positions and bring technologists on to their boards, a sign that corporate America is increasingly ...
Greenpeace: “Fossil Fuel” Execs Risk Lawsuits For Denying Climate Change
Environmental groups said executives of coal, oil, gas and other "fossil fuel" companies could be held liable and risk lawsuits if they support groups that deny climate change and resist policies to ...
ACE CEO Greenberg to Lead Southeast Asia CEO Mission
ACE Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg is leading a U.S. delegation of executives to Southeast Asia with a focus on promoting mutual business opportunities. Specifically, he'll be bringing CEOs from the ...
Singapore Agriculture Cat Modeling Firm Eyes China Expansion
Asia Risk Centre (ARC) scored two major insurance licensing deals that should help expand its agriculture catastrophe modeling presence in China. The Singapore catastrophe modeling and analytics ...
Opinion: Risk Versus Reward In The ‘Internet of Things’
I hope it's not true that Apple's next big bet will be on the "Internet of things." The concept is a useless and dangerous one, and now Apple's powerful marketing machine may join Google's in selling ...
Brazil’s Historic Coffee Drought Spreads Industry Uncertainty
In Santos, where Brazil's normally bustling physical coffee trade is clustered in a handful of small buildings near the port, the family-owned brokers and multinational companies that move almost ...