When the government declares an event “an act of terrorism” is just as important as how it reaches that conclusion, according to new documents focused on implementation of recently passed
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Evidence of Extreme Hurricane Activity May Forebode Stormier Future for Northeast [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/02/
The U.S crop insurance and reinsurance program is facing further scrutiny as the Obama Administration has proposed $16 billion in cuts that private industry backers have vowed to fight
The ongoing depopulation of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation continued Tuesday with the approval by Florida’s insurance regulator to “takeout” over 79,000 residential and commercial property insurance policies. The
The risk of a large earthquake like the magnitude 9 Tohoku-oki earthquake in 2011 that caused $150 billion in damage is a much more random occurrence than previously considered
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today How NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters Are Helping California Battle the Drought [http://www.wired.com/2015/02/noaas-hurricane-hunters-helping-california-
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Simulating Submarine Landslides [http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2015/02/09/simulating-submarine-landslides/] The Landslide Blog [http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/
Reinsurance and catastrophe bond professionals are seeking new risks to cover, pushing the catastrophe modeling firms to keep pace with the appetite of issuers and investors In a report issued
Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today Geologists Solve Tectonic Plate Mystery with Half a Tonne of Explosives [http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/feb/05/geologists-solve-tectonic-
The chairman and CEO of Allstate Insurance remains hesitant that market conditions are right for second largest property/casualty carrier in the U.S. to issue another catastrophe bond or
Four windstorms that hit Europe last month — along with severe weather in the U.S.– will likely cause economic losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, according to Aon
A newly created unit within Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) will be on hiring binge in the coming months as the unit ramps up a group that will overlay the
