International
Insured Losses From February’s Windstorms in Europe Could Reach $5B: RMS
Insured losses from February's windstorms Dudley and Eunice will likely fall between $3.4 and $5.1 billion (3.0 and 4.5 billion euro), with Germany accounting for around 40 percent of the total loss, ...
Cargo Ship Carrying Luxury Cars Sinks Off Portugal’s Azores
A burnt-out cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars, including Porsches and Bentleys, sank on Tuesday off the Portuguese Azores archipelago nearly two weeks after it caught fire, a port official ...
‘Delay Means Death’ – UN Report Warns Window for Climate Action Is Rapidly Closing
Climate change is already disrupting billions of lives and humanity is not doing enough to limit the suffering, the United Nations climate science panel warned in a major report on Monday. Noting ...
Aon Discloses ‘Cyber Incident’ Amid Mounting Concerns Over Hacks
Aon Plc is investigating a "cyber incident" that the insurance brokerage said impacted a limited number of its systems. The incident, identified Friday, "has not had a significant impact" on ...
Ukraine Invasion Analysis: AM Best Sees ‘Significant Implications’ for Insurers
AM Best believes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine could have a "substantial impact" on the world's insurance industry in the near to midterm, the rating agency said in a report published on Friday. ...
Hacking Risk Shadows U.S. Business as Russia Threatens Critics
A swath of major American businesses—from major banks to utility companies—is preparing for possible cyber attacks against their computer networks as Russia on Thursday threatened "consequences" ...
Aging Oil-Storage Ships Pose Safety, Environmental Risks Around the World
The decades-old oil-storage ship that blew up off the coast of Nigeria recently — killing some of its crew and spewing its contents into the Atlantic Ocean — is one of many vessels of similar ...
Storms With Hurricane Gusts Set to Batter NW Europe, Driving Wind Power Generation
Storms across northwest Europe are set to drive electricity generation from wind farms to records this week in gusty conditions that threaten to disrupt transportation and down power lines. Weather ...