International
Moody’s Affirms China Rating, Lowers Outlook After Fitch Downgrade
Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday affirmed China's government's bond rating of Aa3 but cut the outlook to stable from positive, the second pessimistic revision by a foreign ratings agency this ...
Influential Economic Study On Austerity May Be Flawed; Spreadsheet Coding Errors Blamed
One of the key intellectual touchstones in the move towards government austerity efforts around the world may have been incorrect in its conclusions due in part to spreadsheet coding errors, ...
What is business transformation in insurance? Insurance business transformation is an operating model and technology foundation shift that allows organizations...
Thatcher’s Legacy: Citadel of Finance Atop Once-Derelict London Docks
Where a maze of derelict warehouses and old cranes once testified to Britain's decline, glass skyscrapers teeming with traders now dominate London's docks, a metaphor - for good and ill - for ...
Recent Earthquakes Largely Uninsured: Guy Carpenter
Guy Carpenter has compiled information on six recent large earthquakes revealing that for three of the six, insurance covered less than one-quarter of the economic cost. The conclusion is supported ...
Warming Slowdown Exposes Uncertainty in Climate Science
Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions. Often focused on century-long ...
World Climate Change Goal At Risk As Emissions Surge: UN Report
A global goal for limiting climate change is slipping out of reach and governments may have to find ways to artificially suck greenhouse gases from the air if they fail to make deep cuts in rising ...State Insurance Commissioners Approve American Indian Outreach
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has approved the formation of an American Indian Liaison Committee to address cooperation between sovereign states and sovereign tribal ...
UPDATE: Japan, U.S. Agree on Tokyo Joining Trans-Pacific Trade Talks
Japan and the United States on Friday agreed on a deal paving the way for Tokyo to join talks on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, increasing the economic weight of the proposed pact and ...