Technology/Science
UN Report: Global Warming Has Slowed; Sea Levels to Rise More Quickly
Global warming has slowed since 1998 even though humans spewing ever more greenhouse gases are almost certainly to blame for damaging the atmosphere. That's according to a 36-page summary of a report ...Industries Look to UN Report for Guidance on Climate Risks
Companies increasingly factor extreme weather into their strategic planning and a report from the United Nations due on Friday is expected to underscore the heightened risks they face. Extreme ...
U.S. Developing ‘Richter Scale’ for Wildfires
U.S. researchers have been working on a system to measure and predict the destructiveness of wildfires—similar to the way officials use the magnitude scale for earthquakes and other tools to rate ...
Insurers Offer Discounts for High Net Worth Client Inventory, Appraisal Service
A high tech start-up is promising to give property/casualty insurance companies and brokers access to real-time data on their upscale insureds' property and possessions, making it easier for the ...Milliman Releases Arius 2.0 Loss Reserving System
As presented at the Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar in Boston, global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman Inc. announced last week that it has released version 2.0 of Arius, its loss reserving ...
Newsmaker: BlackBerry Savior Watsa, an Investor with a Long View
As soon as Prem Watsa stepped down from BlackBerry's board in August, speculation that he would launch a bid for the troubled smartphone maker started to swirl. Six weeks later, the man some call ...Fairfax Sets Floor for BlackBerry with $4.7 Billion Offer
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry on Monday signed a tentative deal to be acquired by a consortium led by its biggest shareholder, setting a $4.7 billion floor in the auction of the Canadian ...