International
Generali CEO Greco Eyes Extra Cost Cuts to Boost Capital
Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Europe's third-largest insurer, plans to cut an extra 150 million euros ($204 million) of costs by 2015 and reduce debt to boost profit and strengthen capital. The company ...
Climate Change Refugee’s Story Highlights Worldwide Challenges
In October, the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph reported that Ioane Teitiota, 37, from the Republic of Kiribati, has asked a court in New Zealand to officially recognize him and his family as climate change ...
UN Envoys Endorse First Steps Toward Next Pact on Global Warming
Diplomats from almost 190 nations endorsed a set of measures on global warming, laying the groundwork for a treaty to be adopted in 2015 that would limit pollution by all nations for the first time. ...
Asteroids Pose Serious Threat But Should Be Manageable
On Feb. 15, a 13,000-ton rock plunged through the skies above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It shone 30 times brighter than the sun, and hurtled at 42,000 miles per hour toward a city of more than a million ...
Swiss Voters Reject Strictest Executive Pay Limits in Ballot
Swiss voters rejected a proposal to limit executives' pay to 12 times that of junior employees yesterday, a measure that would have gone further than any other developed nation. The measure was ...
Indonesia’s 2004 Tsunami Recovery May Offer Lessons for Philippines: Expert
The man who steered Indonesia to recovery after the 2004 tsunami has some cautionary words for the Philippines as it begins reconstruction after Typhoon Haiyan: Survivors will get angry about living ...
Google’s Schmidt: Insurance About to ‘Explode’ With Uses for Big Data
Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said new technologies that help companies analyze vast amounts of digital information have the power to bring change to the insurance, health-care and ...Argo Group Promotes Wilken to President of Argo Re
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. announced Wednesday that Matthew Wilken has been promoted to president of Argo Re. In his new role, Wilken will oversee the company's property-catastrophe ...