Emerging Markets
Model Predicts Disease Outbreaks Based on Climate Changes
A model that predicts outbreaks of zoonotic diseases—those originating in livestock or wildlife such as Ebola and Zika—based on changes in climate, population growth and land use has been ...
AIR Worldwide Releases Enhanced Southeast Asia Earthquake/Typoon Models
AIR Worldwide is rolling out beefed up earthquake and typhoon models for Southeast Asia. The catastrophe modeling firm, a Verisk Analytics business, said the earthquake model updates cover: Tsunami ...
Allianz Grabs Zurich’s Moroccan Division for $275M
Allianz Group plans to pay more than $275 million for Zurich Insurance's Moroccan subsidiary. The deal for Zurich Assurances Maroc is expected to close at the end of 2016, pending regulatory ...
What Do You Get When You Combine Drones and Self-Driving Cars?
One small step for drones, and no steps needed for mankind. Autonomous drone transport for humans. Why not? We're eventually getting autonomous cars so you don't have to do the driving, and drones ...
Pandemics and Climate Change Present Opportunity for Insurers
The shoe may eventually be placed on the other foot for the U.S. This nation has a long-standing tradition of innovating products and ideas—particularly insurance products—and then exporting them ...
Beef and Other Emerging Risks
Beef may seem relatively benign to you, but Swiss Re's latest SONAR report considers it an emerging risks for insurers to watch. The reinsurer's annual emerging risk list also includes human cyborgs, ...
Farmers Are at Risk if La Niña Emerges as Some Predict
The El Nino that has dominated global weather for more than a year has ended and may give way by the end of 2016 to a weak or moderate La Nina that can dry up crops in Brazil, soak them with rains in ...
Insurers Could Learn From Amazon About Customer Satisfaction
Amazon.com scored its sixth annual victory in the 24/7 Wall Street Customer Service Hall of Fame last year, with 59 percent of customers reporting that they received excellent customer service from ...