International
Self-Driving Car or Mobile Living Room?
Germany's Daimler AG wants to reset consumers' expectations about self-driving cars with its futuristic Mercedes-Benz F 015 concept, unveiled Monday evening at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in ...
CNA Pushes Into Canada With Specialty Coverage Options
CNA Financial Corp. is making a big push to grow its specialty lines business in Canada. The commercial insurer, which has Loews Corp. as a majority owner, said CNA Specialty will start accepting ...
Aon Benfield Sees a Positive Angle In Reinsurance Capital Trends
The roller coaster ride engendered by the entry of large amounts of alternative capital into the reinsurance market – originally seen as a threat – has turned out to be a major factor in ...
Australia Declares a Catastrophe as Wildfires Spread
Crews in South Australia are battling to stabilize wildfires and protect homes as a hot weather forecast in coming days threatens to fan the flames. Firefighters used planes from neighboring Victoria ...
Southeast Asia Pilots Taking Risks in Overcrowded Skies
The sheer volume of flights in the skies over Southeast Asia is putting pressure on outdated air traffic control and on pilots to take risky unilateral action in crises such as that possibly faced by ...
Willis Re: TRIA’s Demise Leaves Companies Actively Pursuing Alternate Coverage
Companies are actively pursuing alternative coverage to fill in reinsurance gaps left by the demise of TRIA after Dec. 31, Willis Re said in its Jan. 1, 2015 renewals report. "There are many ...
Apple Storage Space Shortage in iOS 8 Spurs Customer Lawsuit
Apple Inc. misleads consumers about the amount of storage space used by its iOS 8 operating system in iPhones, iPods and iPads, two users claimed in a suit targeting the software, adding a new ...
BlackBerrys Could Serve As Cyber Security Solution
If there's one company that's gotten a bit of good press from the Sony Corp. hacking scandal, it's BlackBerry Ltd. The beleaguered entertainment company dug up old BlackBerrys to use after Sony's ...