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Rudder System Failure Behind AirAsia 8501 Crash
AirAsia Flight 8501's pilots effectively wrestled each other at the controls as they sought to fight off an electronics-system failure, dooming the plane and the lives of all 162 people on board last ...
Cyber Attacks Becoming Significant Threat to Insurer Credit Quality: A.M. Best
Insurance rating agency A.M. Best still considers natural catastrophe losses to be the primary threat to the financial strength and credit quality of property/casualty insurers, but cyber-attack ...
Hurricane Stats Tallied as Atlantic Season Ends
While meteorologists were on target with their predictions of a below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, there was some activity to report, according to the Insurance Information Institute. I.I.I. ...
Top Cyber Threats for 2016; Integrity Attack on Financial Sector Likely
Businesses should expect cyber criminals to attack through wearable devices, employees' home systems, cloud services and automobiles within the next year, according cyber experts at Intel's McAfee ...
Allianz Among Few Cos. Linking CEO Pay to Carbon Cuts: Bloomberg Analysis
There's a provision in Jean-Pascal Tricoire's compensation deal that sets him apart from most chief executive officers: the more Schneider Electric SE cuts carbon emissions, the bigger his paycheck. ...
States Graded ‘A’ to ‘F’ for Weather Preparedness
Many states across the country are unprepared to face the risks posed extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to a new report ...
A Little Surety History: Zurich NA Marks 125th Anniversary
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan honored Zurich North America last month by presenting a proclamation to commemorate the 125th Anniversary of Zurich Surety. Al Redmer, Jr., the insurance commissioner of ...
Eight Lloyd’s Syndicates Commit $400M Capacity to Fill Cat Protection Gap
Eight Lloyd's syndicates are joining forces to tackle the problem of underinsurance in emerging economies across Latin America, Africa, and Asia—committing capacity of $400 million towards ...