Emerging Markets
WannaCry-Like Cyber Attack Keeps Wreaking Corporate Havoc on Second Day
A cyberattack similar to WannaCry entered its second day, hitting businesses, port operators and government systems around the world, with companies struggling to retake control of their networks. ...
New, Massive Ransomware Attack Spreads Around the World
A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry reached parts of Asia after hitting businesses, port operators and government systems in Europe, U.S. and South America. A terminal operated by A.P. ...
Major Ransomware Virus Attacks Servers Across Europe
A major ransomware attack on Tuesday hit computers at Russia's biggest oil company, the country's banks, Ukraine's international airport as well as global shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk. ...
FBI: Cybercrime Losses Reached $1.33B in 2016, a 24 Percent Rise
Losses from cyber crimes rose 24 percent in 2016 to over $1.33 billion, according to a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The center, which was set ...
Allianz Late to Party in Tapping Asia as Major Growth Engine
Allianz SE, the German insurer that stemmed outflows at U.S. asset manager Pimco, is now trying to bulk up on the other side of the world. "Asia is still a relatively small part of the overall global ...
AIR Worldwide Releases Updated U.S. Earthquake Model
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a Verisk Analytics business, has updated its earthquake model for the United States to include enhanced event generation, local intensity calculation and ...
Drought, Cloud Computing Top Swiss Re’s P/C Emerging Risks
Drought and cloud computing would not necessarily go together, but they do in the world of insurance risk. Swiss Re sees both as the greatest risks property/casualty insurers will face in the coming ...
Over Just 3 Years, Anbang Insurance Grabbed Sizable Amount of Global Assets
Anbang Insurance Group Co. notched up more than $10 billion of foreign acquisitions during a three-year global takeover binge, a campaign that brought Chairman Wu Xiaohui into the orbit of Wall ...