International
Yahoo Says Malware Spread Through Some Ads on European Sites
Some advertisements on Yahoo Inc's European websites last week spread malicious software, Yahoo said on Sunday, potentially infecting thousands of users. On Friday, Fox-IT, a Delft, Netherlands-based ...
Swiss Re Takes Hit in Trading As Reinsurance Prices Fall
Swiss Re Ltd., the world's second-biggest reinsurer, fell the most in six months in Zurich trading after Willis Re said reinsurance prices slid by as much as 25 percent in the Jan. 1 renewals round. ...
Overcapacity Pushing Re Prices Down; Terms and Conditions Soft: Willis Re
Soft market reinsurance conditions are no longer unique to property-catastrophe business, Willis Re said yesterday, pointing to overcapacity as the key driver of Jan. 1, 2014 rates down on most ...
Bermuda Monetary Authority Appoints Gibbs as Director, Supervision (Insurance)
The Bermuda Monetary Authority announced the appointment of Andrew Gibbs to the position of Director, Supervision (Insurance) on Thursday. Reporting to Craig Swan, Managing Director, Supervision, ...
Non-Cat Lines Impacted by Re Rate Drops at 1/1: Guy Carp
Reinsurance brokerage Guy Carpenter reported that its Global Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Rate-on-Line Index fell by 11 percent for the Jan. 1, 2014 renewal and that rate cuts spilled over to ...
CoreLogic Acquires Catastrophe Modeler EQECAT
CoreLogic, an Irivine, Calif. company that provides the insurance, financial services and real estate industries with data and analytics, has acquired catastrophe modeling firm EQECAT from ABS Group. ...Indonesia Cave Reveals History of Ancient Tsunamis
A cave discovered near the source of Indonesia's massive earthquake-spawned tsunami contains the footprints of past gigantic waves dating up to 7,500 years ago, a rare natural record that suggests ...Trio of European Winter Storms Cause Flooding, Wind Damage
While wind damage has been significant, most of the loss from three winter storms in Europe late last week is coming from flooding, AIR Worldwide reported Saturday. A series of three winter ...