Technology/Science
NASA Launches Drones from Virginia to Study Storms
NASA scientists are using former military surveillance drones to help them understand more about how tropical storms intensify, which they say could ultimately save lives by improving forecast models ...
Analyst’s Comment Spreads on Twitter, Spooking Kinder Morgan Investors
Kevin Kaiser, a 26-year-old analyst only three years into his first job out of the Ivy League, jolted Wall Street last week with a pithy email taking aim at North America's largest oil and gas ...
Allstate CEO Dismisses GEICO Threat in Race for Auto Insurance Market Share
Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson, whose company lost car-insurance market share in the last three years, said competitor GEICO could struggle to expand sales as it seeks to sell more ...
Buy or Sell? Response May Depend on How Investment News Is Delivered
Some investment firms are looking at using online videos to bring financial news to their investors. But researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology caution firms to first consider ...
Future of AIR Worldwide’s Touchstone to Include Non-Cat Risk Analysis
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide on Monday announced that its next-generation software platform, Touchstone, will include the ability to account for both catastrophe and non-catastrophe risks ...
Hurricane Season 2013 Unusual, Says RMS; Humberto Expected to Miss U.S.
This is the first season in 11 years not to have produced a landfalling hurricane by August, RMS said on Monday morning in a hurricane fact sheet released to the media. The statement noted that there ...
Montpelier Re Launches Montpelier Risk Institute; Scientists, Insurance Experts Collaborating
Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd. announced the launch of the Montpelier Risk Institute (MRI) on Sunday, explaining that the virtual risk institute that will leverage the complementary capabilities of ...
KKR Buying Insurance Claims Firm Mitchell in $1B Deal
KKR & Co., the private-equity firm led by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, agreed to buy Mitchell International Inc., the first buyout by the firm's technology group since the head of the team ...