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What Buffett’s Closing India Insurance Brokerage Says About India’s Potential
India has long been viewed as a value investor's dream: rapid growth, 1.2 billion people pining for a taste of globalization, and underdeveloped industries ripe for turnarounds. So it surprised few ...
Estimates of Global Hacking Damage Called Into Question
A $1 trillion estimate of the global cost of hacking cited by President Barack Obama and other top officials is a gross exaggeration, according to a new study commissioned by the company responsible ...
Full Disclosure: Climate Change May Prove Risky For Insurers
Insurance companies are in a tricky position when it comes to the issue of climate change. On the one hand, virtually all of them insure policyholders facing the risk of a climate change liability ...
Long-Buried Seawall Protected Homes From Hurricane Sandy’s Record Storm Surge
Picture two residential beach communities on the New Jersey shore: Bay Head and Mantoloking, which side-by-side in Ocean County on a narrow barrier island that separates the Atlantic Ocean and ...
Master Limited Partnerships: Energized Investment Income For Insurance Companies
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are an attractive way for property/casualty insurance companies to participate in the strong fundamental trends occurring in the U.S. energy sector. A majority of ...
Electronic Aggression: Uncovering Expensive Coverage Gaps
It used to be bullies were restricted to the playground—but not anymore. Cyberbullying is at epidemic levels. Facebook, YouTube and other social media have become platforms for bullying, and ...
Are Insurers Finally Ready To Embrace Intellectual Property Insurance?
The small yet complicated niche of patent and intellectual property insurance has seen more interest lately as patent claims rise and companies look to protect their ideas or company trade secrets ...
The Curious Case Of Bad Math & Why It Does Not Matter
I have recently been reminded of some of the nonsensical insurance idiosyncrasies that veterans of the industry take for granted. Several of these involve math—and bad math in particular. 1. ...