International
Growing Percentage of Spy Hacks Traced to Eastern Europe: Verizon Study
Hacking for espionage purposes is sharply increasing, with groups or national governments from Eastern Europe playing a growing role, according to one of the most comprehensive annual studies of ...
Travelers CEO Fishman Bullish On Results, Promises ‘Selective’ M&A
The Travelers Cos. may have made a bold move in 2013 when it snatched up Dominion of Canada General Insurance. But the property/casualty insurance giant will be extremely selective about future ...
Lloyd’s Focuses on Brokers, MGAs, Capital in New ‘Vision 2025’ Plan Details
Lloyd's has published a more detailed strategy for 2014-2016, setting out how it will work towards achieving goals embodied in its "Vision 2025" Plan, describing "how the Corporation will support ...
Few Will Buy Insurance Against A Chinese Financial Meltdown
Selling insurance against a financial crisis should not be difficult, five years after the last one nearly wrecked the global economy. But when it comes to China, the world's second-largest economy, ...
RMS CEO Shah Confronts Delays With Cat Modeling Platform Rollout
RMS launched its Exceedance 2014 conference in Washington, D.C. on April 14 with a hard sell of RMS(one), a cloud-based catastrophe risk management system the California company hopes will modernize ...
Aon’s New Political Risk Map Highlights BRICS Increased Risks
Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has unveiled its 2014 Political Risk Map, which identifies an increased risk rating for all five BRICS countries. Aon noted that ...
RMS Signs on 5 New Catastrophe Modeling Partners
RMS said it inked partnerships with five additional companies in a bid to further diversify catastrophe modeling options for its new cutting-edge system. Financial terms were not disclosed. The ...
Beijing Breaks Into Top 10 City Rankings: A.T. Kearney
Beijing's ability to draw business investment helped vault it into the top 10 of cities with the greatest global appeal. The Chinese capital landed at eighth of 84 municipalities ranked by ...