Global Economy
For $16.65B, Bank of America Resolves Mortgage Charges
Bank of America Corp. reached a record $16.65 billion settlement with the U.S. government to settle charges that it and companies it bought misled investors into buying troubled mortgage-backed ...
New RMS Terrorism Model Accounts For Fewer Risks in Many Locales
Catastrophe modeling firm RMS revamped its terrorism model to reflect lower terrorism risks in countries including Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom. RMS said the changes reflect ...
The Dead and Missing Rise in Japan Landslide Tragedy
Rescue workers battled through mud for a second day in search of dozens of people still missing after torrential rain triggered landslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima that killed 39 ...
Global Bank Giants Face U.S. Warnings Over Risk Assessment Practices
U.S. regulators are sending some of the biggest global banks verbal warnings as they crack down on the firms' poor grasp of their own weaknesses, and push for rapid improvements in risk assessment, ...
Allied World Names New Reinsurance Head to Confront Tough Market
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings has named John Bender as its new CEO for global reinsurance operations, giving him broader responsibility for a crucial division at the company that has ...
Report: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hit By Cyber Attacks
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission was "successfully hacked" three times in recent years in attacks involving tainted emails, according to an internal investigation on cyber attacks at the ...
U.S. Ready to Sue Countrywide Co-Founder in Mortgage Fraud Case
Countrywide Financial Corp. co- founder Angelo Mozilo hasn't escaped the wrath of prosecutors for his company's role in inflating the U.S housing bubble that preceded the financial crisis. More than ...
RMS: Global Ebola Pandemic Highly Unlikely
To those who worry about the risk of a global Ebola pandemic, catastrophe modeler RMS is essentially saying, "relax." In a new blog entry on the company's web site, RMS acknowledged that the World ...