Risk & Capital Management
Experts See U.S. Default As Financial Apocalypse
Anyone who remembers the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. little more than five years ago knows what a global financial disaster is. A U.S. government default, just weeks away if Congress ...
World Bank: Poor Countries Should Manage Risk, Expand Insurance to Grow
Developing countries should be more willing to take risks that have the potential to spur growth, the World Bank said in a report. While disregarding risk can lead to economic disaster, too much fear ...
EU Commissioner Recommends Solvency II Delay to 2016
The European Commission has officially proposed a postponement of the January 2014 start date for the implementation of Solvency II, according to a statement from Michel Barnier, the commissioner ...
U.K. Regulators Watching Impact of Capital Influx on Insurers
British regulators are scrutinizing the impact of the wave of capital from investors such as hedge and pension funds on the insurance industry. "The availability of this additional capital inevitably ...
Surge in Firms Based in Emerging Markets to Reshape Corporate World: McKinsey
The number of large emerging market companies will surge in coming years and they will become competitors but also customers for rich-country firms, according to a new study. Almost three-quarters of ...
Delaying Solvency II Until 2016 Would Harm Insurers: Hulle at FERMA
Further delays to the implementation of Solvency II would compromise the ability of European insurers to deliver protection for their clients in a riskier world, according to a leading insurance ...
Government Shutdown Could Jeopardize Economic Recovery: CEOs
Chief executive officers at companies ranging from Honeywell International Inc. to JetBlue Airways Corp. said that a prolonged shutdown of the U.S. government has the potential to jeopardize the ...
Moving Beyond Golf Balls and Diapers in Cleaning Up Energy Disasters
Diaper liner, sawdust, golf balls and shredded tires -- these are some of the items used to try and contain the oil and nuclear disasters that marked the end of this century's first decade and the ...