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One Concern Envisions Wide Use for Its AI Disaster Mitigation Tech
Ahmad Wani was home in 2014 visiting his mother in Kashmir, in northern India, when the floods hit. For seven days, the family waited for help to come. Luckily, they did not lose their home, but many ...
Bermuda Market ‘Resilient’ Despite Higher Cat Losses, U.S. Tax Reform Changes: Fitch
Bermuda-based insurers and reinsurers continue to be tested by challenging market conditions, including heightened catastrophic losses and diminishing competitive advantage resulting from U.S. tax ...
Damaging East Coast Winter Storms Won’t Fade Away Under Climate Change
Climate change may melt away smaller snow storms but it won't be able to hold back more powerful East Coast systems. Minor storms that drop mere inches of powder will become rare by the end of 21st ...
Life After Brexit for UK Financial Sector: British Lawmakers Explore Options
British lawmakers launched an inquiry on Friday to determine if the country should track European Union rules or cut loose to best serve its financial sector after Brexit. Finance is Britain's ...
Everest Re Warns Q4 Catastrophe Losses Will Almost Hit $700M
Everest Re Group Ltd. expects nearly $700 million in catastrophe losses for the 2018 fourth quarter due to wildfires, a hurricane and a hailstorm. Everest's prediction of $695 million in catastrophe ...
Qatar Re CEO Saacke to Step Down in March; Interim Leader Named
Qatar Re said that CEO and Executive Director Gunther Saacke would be stepping down from both roles in March, at the company's next board meeting. He'll stay on for the transition and depart later in ...
Regulators Clear California Utility of 2017 Wildfire Liability
As PG&E Corp. barreled toward bankruptcy last week, just one analyst kept a "buy" rating on the shares, largely on valuation. On Thursday, the stock surged by the most ever, rising 75 percent to ...
Corporate America Already Planning for Climate Change Challenges, Business Interruption Risks
Bank of America Corp. worries flooded homeowners will default on their mortgages. The Walt Disney Co. is concerned its theme parks will get too hot for vacationers, while AT&T Inc. fears ...