Global Economy
Cyber Ranks as Top Peril for Companies Globally for 1st Time: Allianz Survey
Cyber incidents rank for the first time as the most important business risk globally, pushing the perennial top peril, business interruption (BI), into second place, according to the Allianz Risk ...
Opinion: Travelex Ransomware Attack a Sign of Greater Trouble to Come
As ransomware attacks go, the cyber intrusion at Travelex that emerged on New Year's Eve could have lasting consequences — and ones that shouldn't be just a worry to the currency dealer. Travelex, ...
Global Warming Worries Already Changing Human Behavior
From Australia's devastating wildfires to T-shirt weather in Norway at the height of winter, the latest weather events are showing the global impact of climate change. The majority of people in a new ...
Before Seeking a Raise, Talk to Colleagues About What They’re Paid
Nearly everyone in corporate America contemplates asking for a raise at some point in their careers. Some people pull back from asking for more money, however, wary of how a supervisor or CEO might ...
Ex-Swiss Re Exec Burke Joins Liberty Mutual Re in Leadership Role
A former Swiss Re executive is joining a unit of Liberty Mutual in a leadership role. Susan Burke will be Liberty Mutual Re's new vice president and director of Assumed Reinsurance in the division's ...
Zurich Insurance Sees Best Chance for Price Increases in Nearly 20 Years
Zurich Insurance Group AG expects to have more power to increase commercial insurance rates than it has seen in almost two decades as a shortage of supply and high natural catastrophe payouts help ...
Australia Bushfires Have Scorched 25.5 Million Acres; PM Proposes Inquiry
After weeks of criticism over the handling of the bushfires scorching Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday he will propose a national review into the response to the disaster, as ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Insurance and At-Bay
AXIS Capital Holdings' AXIS Insurance made two new executive appointments. A former Hiscox USA executive is joining cyber insurance startup At-Bay as General Counsel and Head of Claims.
Insurers, Analysts Worry Australia’s Bushfires Could Surpass 2009’s Costly Season
Australia's bushfire season has months to run and could easily surpass the most costly fire season, 2009's Black Saturday fires in Victoria, which had a price tag of an estimated A$4.4 billion (US$3 ...