Technology/Science
El Niño and Hurricanes By the Numbers: Assured Research Analysis
Forecasters are weighing in on the chances of an El Niño event developing later this year, with some assigning probabilities as high as 65 percent. But what exactly does that mean for U.S. property ...
Powerful Quake Strikes off Coast of Vancouver Island: AIR
The magnitude 6.6 earthquake that struck off the coast of Canada's Vancouver Island Wednesday is not expected to cause significant damage, but AIR Worldwide says a more powerful quake in the area ...
Tech and Medical Device Convergence Exposes New World of Risks
When the acclaimed television drama series "Homeland" climaxed with a devious plot by terrorists to kill America's vice president by hacking into his electronic pacemaker, critics mocked the ...
Growing Percentage of Spy Hacks Traced to Eastern Europe: Verizon Study
Hacking for espionage purposes is sharply increasing, with groups or national governments from Eastern Europe playing a growing role, according to one of the most comprehensive annual studies of ...
Next Generation Cat Modeling: Multimodel, Open Source or Open Platform—What’s the Difference?
For the past two decades, insurers and reinsurers have licensed catastrophe models from AIR, RMS and EQECAT, and each vendor model came with its own front and back end to handle the model input and ...
U.S. Wildfires Get Bigger, More Frequent; Climate Change May Continue Trends
Wildfires across the western United States have been getting bigger and more frequent over the last 30 years—a trend that could continue as climate change causes temperatures to rise and drought to ...
Forecasters to Issue Special Maps, Warnings on Storm Surge
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center hope new color-coded maps they're trying out this year will simplify two important points about storm surge for coastal residents: how far from the beach ...
SEC Unveils Blueprint for Cyber Security Exams of Wall St. Firms
U.S. securities regulators have unveiled a road map that lays out how they plan to make sure Wall Street firms are prepared to detect and prevent cyber security attacks. The nine-page document, ...