Emerging Markets
India’s Nuclear Power Plant Construction Plans Stirs Accident Liability Debate
It's a $182 billion question for India with no easy answer. That's the estimated amount the country plans to spend on nuclear power plants to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pledge to provide ...
AIG, Aspen and More Link to Access Underserved Developing Markets
A number of insurance stalwarts including American International Group and Zurich Insurance Group plan to launch microinsurance ventures designed to improve risk protection for underserved markets in ...
South African Floods and Torrential Rains Kill Hundreds
The likely death toll from flooding and torrential rain in Mozambique, Malawi and the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar reached the 260 mark, with almost 300,000 people driven from their homes. ...
U.S. Rules on Cuba Ease Travel, Trade, Insurance Restrictions
The United States rolled out a sweeping set of measures on Thursday to ease the half-century-old embargo against Cuba, opening up the country to expanded travel, trade and financial activities. ...
Top Corporate Risks: Allianz Risk Barometer 2015
Business interruption and supply chain risk, natural catastrophes, and fire/explosion top the list of company risks in 2015, according to the fourth annual Allianz Risk Barometer, which surveyed more ...
PartnerRe Asia Launching
PartnerRe Ltd. announced last week that Partner Reinsurance Asia Pte. Ltd. ("PartnerRe Asia") a wholly owned subsidiary of PartnerRe Ltd. has been licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore ...
Carrier Management’s Top 10 News Stories of 2014
Five of the top Carrier Management news stories in 2014 ranked everything from insurance industry jobs to the companies themselves, in different iterations. The common link: there's huge interest in ...
Cat Modelers Look to Clarify Cost of Cyber Risk
Even as the Sony Corp. cyber attack laid bare the kinds of vulnerabilities that typically drive companies to buy insurance policies, the lack of a risk model for insurers means such protection is not ...