Risk & Capital Management
The IoT Revolution: Coming to a Warehouse and a Theme Park Near You
Privacy risks related to potential hacks of Internet-connected devices are hot topics for carriers, risk managers and brokers, but possible business interruption losses should not be overlooked when ...
Progressive Insurance CEO Renwick Sounds off on Big Insurance Trends
By his own admission Progressive Insurance CEO Glenn Renwick (and his company) may not be right about the impact certain macro trends will have on the insurance industry, but in his view "it's ...
S&P Negative Watch For Berkshire Hathaway Hits Nearly 1,000 Muni Bonds
Municipal bonds from California to Puerto Rico may lose their second-best credit rating from Standard & Poor's after the company put Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and its core insurance units on a ...
Objects In Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear
I have a CD player in my relatively new luxury sports sedan. It plays five—or maybe six—CDs so I can be surrounded by music I choose and like all through even a reasonably long journey. Or maybe ...
AIR Worldwide Updates Earthquake Models for South America
Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide announced that it has updated its earthquake models for South America to include liquefaction and tsunami risks, as well as to enable the analysis of high-value ...
SCOR, Swiss Re and Munich Re Win Fitch Ratings Upgrades
Fitch issued ratings upgrades for SCOR, Swiss Re and Munich Re and affirmed the ranking of a fourth reinsurer: Hannover Re. Each reinsurer received scrutiny because of their scale, diversity, and ...
Monster El Niño Makes Record Hot Year Look Inevitable
In more than 135 years of global temperature data, four of the five hottest months on record all happened in 2015: February, March, May and now June. This has been the hottest start to a year by far, ...
New Madrid Earthquake Sequence Could Cost Insurers $150B: Swiss Re
A series of earthquakes similar to the New Madrid quakes of 1811/1812 could cost the insurance industry more than $150 billion, making it the costliest natural disaster to date, according to a new ...