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Insurers Globally Are Upbeat About Taking on More Investment Risks
Despite challenging market conditions, insurers are in a relatively upbeat mood and ready to increase their risk exposure, according to a study from investment adviser BlackRock. Almost half (47 ...
3-D Gun Designer Fields 600 Orders Even as Judge Blocks Publishing of Designs
A small Texas nonprofit is taking orders to mail blueprints for computer-made 3-D guns to anyone willing to pay for them just a day after a federal judge blocked the designs from being published ...
Global Elite’s Biggest Risk Worries: Cyber Attacks and War in the Age of Trump
The threat of large-scale cyberattacks and a "deteriorating geopolitical landscape" since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump have jumped to the top of the global ...
Environmental Worries Dominate 2017 U.S. Property Insurance Risk Concerns: Marsh
Insurers in the U.S. property insurance market may want to consider that three of the five major risks Marsh has highlighted as big worries in 2017. Wildfires, global flooding and earthquakes are all ...
Ratings Agencies Worry About Arch Capital’s $3.4B Deal for AIG’s Mortgage Guaranty Arm
Arch Capital Group Ltd.'s decision to buy American International Group's mortgage guaranty unit for $3.4 billion drew a mixed response from Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings, Moody's and A.M. ...
D&Os Worry These Days About Emerging Liability Risks and More
There are lots of emerging liability risks that may be keeping corporate directors and officers awake at night, which is why their D&O insurance protection is rising up their list of concerns. ...
Hiscox: Fraud Risks Prevalent at Professional Services and Small Businesses
It turns out that mid size companies in the professional services and financial industries, and small businesses overall, are particularly vulnerable to white collar crime in the U.S., Hiscox ...
Founder-Led Companies Perform Best: Harvard Business Review
Companies led by their founders run circles around the others. Chris Zook, a partner in Bain & Company's Boston office and a co-head of its global strategy practice, makes this assertion as part ...