International
RMS: Super Typhoon Haiyan Could be Strongest-Ever Tropical Cyclone
Super Typhoon Haiyan has made landfall over the Philippines as a strong Category 5 storm and is likely to be the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on record anywhere in the world, RMS said ...
Typhoon Slams Into Philippines; Possible Insured Damage $2B
Super Typhoon Haiyan, this year's most powerful cyclone, slammed into the central Philippines, killing at least three people, cutting power and communication lines and knocking down trees. Two people ...Super Typhoon Haiyan Slams Philippines with Category-5 Power
Super Typhoon Haiyan, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, slammed into the Philippines today after forcing thousands of people to evacuate. Haiyan had top winds of almost 196 miles (315 ...
AIR Estimates Windstorm Christian Insured Losses Could Exceed $3B
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that insured losses from Windstorm Christian (known as St. Jude in the UK) will range between EUR 1.5 billion and EUR 2.3 billion ($2.0 billion and ...
Towers Watson Completes Sale of Reinsurance Business for $250M
Towers Watson & Co. said Wednesday that it has completed the sale of its reinsurance brokerage business to Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC for $250 million but plans to continue working with its ...
EU to Fine Banks Billions Over Rate Rigging
A number of finance firms, including Royal Bank of Scotland and Rabobank face billions of euros in fines next month from European Union regulators for colluding on global benchmark interest rates, ...
Greenhouse Gas Volumes Reached New High in 2012: WMO
Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change hit a new record in 2012, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday. "For all these major greenhouse gases the ...
PLUS Conference: Albright, Cohen on Global Risk, Governance and Hypocrisy
America's European allies are being hypocritical in their complaints about the U.S. spying on them because they all have their own surveillance programs, according to two former top officials in the ...