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Guy Carpenter Rolls Out Casualty Cat Model
Guy Carpenter has launched a new data-driven casualty catastrophe model, GC ForCas, developed to help insurers better understand their exposure to casualty catastrophe losses resulting from the ...
Uber Sued Over Driver Data Breach
Uber Technologies Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit over a recently disclosed data breach involving the personal information of about 50,000 drivers, the latest in a series of ...
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Researchers See El Niño Link to Tornadoes in Southern U.S.
The waters of the Pacific Ocean may provide some clues on what kind of tornado season will erupt across the southern U.S., according to a paper in the journal Nature Geoscience. The study found that ...
U.S. Dominates Climate Change Litigation
It's almost counterintuitive if you think about it. There is far more litigation related to climate change in the U.S. compared with Europe, which is usually considered more progressive on the issue. ...
Amlin Sets Sights on Latin American Growth With New Miami Beachhead
Amlin Plc, a Lloyd's of London insurer and reinsurer, is the latest carrier to expand its focus on Latin America by way of Miami. The new Amlin office had a soft launch last October and formally ...
Delphi to Take on U.S. Coast-to-Coast Driverless Auto Test
Delphi Automotive Plc, a supplier of car electronics, is undertaking the longest test of a driverless auto, going coast to coast in the U.S. with a specially outfitted Audi Q5 sport-utility vehicle. ...
Denial of Earthquake Claims Incurs Warning From Oklahoma Commissioner
With the dramatic increase in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma — which some say are at least partly attributed to waste water injection wells related to the practice of hydraulic fracturing in ...
Chance of California Mega-Quake Rising: USGS
Scientists are virtually certain that California will be rocked by a strong earthquake in the next 30 years. And now they say the risk of a mega-quake is more likely than previously thought. The ...