News
A Relatively Quiet Atlantic Hurricane Season Could Still Produce a Big One
While individual storms could make landfall and wreak havoc, The 2015 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be a relatively quiet one overall, Guy Carpenter said. The risk and reinsurance specialist ...
Stone Point Capital Invests in Alliant Insurance Services
Stone Point Capital is investing in Alliant Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage backed by KKR & Co. Funds managed by Stone Point will become Alliant's largest shareholders, according to a ...
What the Future Holds for Catastrophe Modeling: Aon’s Impact Forecasting
Technologies are rather like bicycles. Just as riders must continue to move forward or risk falling down, so too designers of catastrophe models are moving full speed ahead to stay on course, experts ...
ACE Bermuda International Unveils New D&O Policy For Nordic Region
ACE Bermuda International on Tuesday announced the launch of the ACE NorDIC Directors and Officers Liability policy, designed to protect the personal assets of executives and board members of leading ...
Hit by ‘Nigerian Prince’-Style Scam? Beazley Launches Coverage for That
Beazley has a new coverage endorsement addressing fraud that happens when a company is convinced to transfer funds to an outside party due to criminal impersonation. The specialist insurer said the ...
Crop Insurance Payments For U.S. Plains Flooding Lower Than in Drought
Farmers are reaping higher yields and ranchers' feed costs have fallen sharply since flooding swept across the southern U.S. Plains in May, with the record rains providing tangible benefits to ...
Canada Hits Railway With New Charges in 2013 Derailment Disaster
The Canadian government has hit Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. with fresh charges over a 2013 derailment that killed 47 people. The charges were laid Monday against the company and its ...
AIR Releases New Version of Touchstone Catastrophe Modeling Platform
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide is rolling out an updated version of Touchstone, its total risk management tool that performs advanced analytics to help companies better own their risk. ...