Markets
Investment in Developing Countries to Triple by 2030: World Bank
The percentage of global investment that goes to developing countries should triple in the next two decades as emerging economies catch up to richer nations and become more integrated into financial ...
Emerging Markets Stoking Insurance Growth: Munich Re
Emerging markets will see the highest growth in premiums for insurance companies this year and next, while Europe lags, according to the world's biggest reinsurer, Munich Re. In a study published on ...
Karen Clark Explains The Basic Facts About Hurricanes
The 2013 hurricane season is upon us and with it the usual spate of hurricane predictions. Most forecasts will call for an active, above average season in 2013, due to factors such as warm sea ...
Copyright Owners Blocked from Suing Google’s YouTube in Class Action
A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied class-action status to copyright owners suing Google Inc. over the use of material posted on YouTube without their permission. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in ...
U.S., European Retailers Differ Over How to Make Bangladesh Factories Safer
A trans-Atlantic divide between European and U.S. retailers over how best to respond to fatal disasters in Bangladesh textile factories split wide open on Wednesday, with U.S. retailers claiming ...Tokio Millennium Re Redomesticating to Switzerland This Year, Expanding To U.S. In ’14
Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. announced Tuesday that it plans to redomesticate its place of incorporation from Bermuda to Switzerland, saying that the move is part of its ongoing commitment to growth and ...
The New Age Of Technology: 3-D Printing
Earlier this year, scientists from Cornell University successfully created an artificial human ear by printing it on a 3-D printer. Created by squirting living cells into an injection mold, the ears ...
How They Rank: Fitch Reports On Top D&O Insurers
Directors and officers liability insurance premium rates were previously lagging the market recovery in the broader commercial lines segment, but pricing trends are now catching up, Fitch Ratings ...