Technology & Analytics
RMS Hurricane Model Update Coming; Lower Risk Indications Expected
When RMS releases an update for the catastrophe modeling firm's North American Hurricane model later this month, lower loss exposure estimates are expected, according to a representative of the firm. ...
RMS(one) Explained
When RMS developed its recently unveiled software platform RMS(one), the catastrophe modeling firm had a wide range of potential users in mind—many of whom are not accustomed to tinkering around ...
Financial Industry Takes Cybersecurity Seriously: Judd Gregg
The financial industry has been under a constant state of attack for the past year as hackers attempt to steal clients' money, crash computer systems and disrupt capital markets. So far, the industry ...
Longer-Term El Nino Warnings Promise to Help Farmers with Drought, Floods
Scientists have found a way to forecast El Nino weather events in the Pacific a year in advance, long enough to let farmers plant crops less vulnerable to global shifts in rainfall, a study showed on ...
Changing the Way Businesses Defend Against Cyber Attacks
Hackers have attacked news organizations, social media sites, major corporations and government agencies, accessing private documents and personal information. Still most organizations do not ...
Towers Watson Looks Beyond Jihadi Terrorism with New Risk Model
If you ask Towers Watson's Chris Holt, one of the architects of a new terror model, what he fears when he goes to work each morning, the former British Army bomb-disposal officer will respond ...
Mini Flash Crashes Caused By Sloppiness, Not A Broken Market: SEC
Unexplained rapid price drops in single stocks have generally been triggered by human error, not nefarious trading activity or high-speed trading algorithms gone wild, an official at the U.S. ...
Insurers Surveyed Not Confident In Ability To Manage Emerging Risks: Towers Watson
According to a recent survey of 500 global insurance executives conducted by Towers Watson recently, most believe they are ill-prepared to face emerging trends of attracting talent, using advanced ...