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28 Carriers Join FEMA Renewal of $1.3B Reinsurance Program
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has renewed for the third year a reinsurance program that transfers future catastrophic flood insurance losses to the private sector. The 2019 ...
UK Lawmakers Vote to Have May Demand EU Reopen Brexit Deal
British lawmakers on Tuesday instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to demand that Brussels replace the Irish border arrangement known as the "backstop," in a last-ditch attempt to renegotiate an exit ...
$27 Billion: Predicted Insurance Payout for Global Malware Attack
A co-ordinated global cyber attack, spread through malicious email, could cause economic damages anywhere between $85 billion and $193 billion, a hypothetical scenario developed as a stress test for ...
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 ...
White House Is Major 2019 Geopolitical Risk: I.I.I. Joint Industry Forum
As insurers track both old and new risks heading into 2019, here's one that carriers don't typically consider: The White House. David Wessel, director of The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary ...
Pentagon Warns Climate Change Poses Dire Risks to Bases and Troops
The U.S. Defense Department has issued a dire report on how climate change could affect the nation's armed forces and security, warning that rising seas could inundate coastal bases and ...
U.S. Proposes Dramatic Expansion of Commercial Drone Flights
The federal government has unveiled a long-awaited set of proposals to dramatically expand civilian drone flights while also tightening security, critical steps for an industry seeking to expand into ...
Germany, China Cooperating to Ease Market Access for Insurers, Banks
Germany and China are working on ways to improve market access for each other's banks and insurers, the German finance minister said on Thursday, and he welcomed plans by China and the United States ...