Technology/Science
What Should Carrier Execs, Directors Ask About Terror Risk?
As carrier executives and members of carrier boards work to get more comfortable with the risks their property/casualty insurance enterprises are taking on, one risk they will likely want to ...
Ebix’s Raina Loses Magic Touch As U.S. Probes Accounting
Robin Raina always had the magic touch, or so it seemed until Wednesday, when the disclosure of a U.S. criminal probe of his software company's accounting practices blew up a proposed $820 million ...
Facebook Admits Year-Long Data Breach Exposed 6 Million Users
Facebook Inc. has inadvertently exposed 6 million users' phone numbers and email addresses to unauthorized viewers over the past year, the world's largest social networking company disclosed late ...
Mini Flash Crashes Caused By Sloppiness, Not A Broken Market: SEC
Unexplained rapid price drops in single stocks have generally been triggered by human error, not nefarious trading activity or high-speed trading algorithms gone wild, an official at the U.S. ...
Microsoft Offers Hefty Bounties To Thwart Hackers
Microsoft Corp. is looking to recruit computer geeks in its ongoing efforts to protect Windows PCs from attacks, offering rewards of as much as $150,000 to anybody who helps identify and fix major ...
Energy Drinks, Office Sitting Breaks, Genetic Bias In Insurance On AMA Agenda
A group representing 225,000 U.S. doctors called for a ban on marketing energy drinks, such as those from Red Bull GmbH and Monster Beverage Corp., to youths. The American Medical Association, in a ...
Insured Flood Losses In Germany At Least $5 Billion: AIR Worldwide
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates insured losses in Germany from the recent floods in central Europe at between $5.3 and 7.8 billion (EUR 4.0 billion and EUR 5.8 billion), adding that ...
Soggy British Weather Likely To Stay: Scientists
The best advice for visitors to Britain—pack an umbrella—is more vital than ever. Weather scientists said Tuesday that a country that has been unusually soggy in recent years is not likely to dry ...