Dryad Maritime Gives Insights on Gulf of Guinea Maritime Crime
The UK-based maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime, has issued a report – Special Advisory, The West Africa Problem; Mission Not Impossible -, which focuses on the rapidly evolving nature of...
View ArticleCommentary: Have We Learned the Right Lessons From Sandy?
One year ago, Hurricane Sandy slammed into the New York and New Jersey coasts. As a result, 43 people died, lower Manhattan was dark for days, and seven hospitals had to be evacuated.In New York and...
View ArticleLong Island, N.Y., Residents Asked to Take Disaster Survey
A Long Island, N.Y., politician is asking residents to take an online survey to help officials update their plans for dealing with storms and other natural disasters. Huntington Town Supervisor Frank...
View ArticleWillis’ Casualty Head Comments on Inflow of New Capital for Casualty Re Market
Capital is pouring into the casualty reinsurance market from both traditional property catastrophe reinsurers looking to offset rate reductions in their own sphere, and now also from the capital...
View ArticleNew York’s Staten Island Gets $56M to Control Future Flooding
New York officials say $33 million in federal Sandy relief will be going toward the purchase of about 24 acres on Staten Island to control future flooding. Sen. Charles Schumer and New York City Mayor...
View ArticleNew York Requires State Agencies to Consider Extreme Weather
New York state agencies are required to consider the future likelihood of extreme weather in their decisions on public works projects, industrial and commercial permits and regulations, according to a...
View ArticleSwiss Re Corporate Solutions & IBM Offer Protection Against Cyber Attacks
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions joins forces with IBM Security to provide advanced cyber risk protection products and services to companies worldwide, aiming to help businesses defend themselves against...
View ArticleNumber of Food Recalls and Their Costs Are Increasing: Swiss Re Report
“Food manufacturers operate in a vast, globalized supply chain, where one mislabeled product or contaminated ingredient can cause sickness, death, multi-million dollar losses and massive reputational...
View ArticleUK’s Allianz Insurance Partners with Pentura to Provide Cyber Risk Services
Allianz Insurance has joined forces with cyber risk management company, Pentura, to provide commercial customers with help and guidance to improve cyber security. As part of the partnership, Pentura,...
View ArticleZurich Canada Issues ‘White Paper’ on Drones & Risk Management
Zurich Canada has released a new white paper on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones at the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) Canada Conference in Québec City....
View ArticleCanopius Group Appoints Lobo as Head of Upstream Oil & Gas Engineering
Zurich-headquartered Canopius Group AG announced the appointment of Francis Lobo as head of Upstream Oil and Gas Engineering, effective immediately. Lobo will report to Steve Warren, Group Head of...
View ArticleInsurance Industry Urged to Weigh Shift to Intangible Risks
Panelists at a recent New York event hosted yesterday by Lloyd’s, the world’s specialist insurance market, and the American Security Project, a nonpartisan national security think-tank, urged the...
View ArticleDryad Maritime Gives Insights on Gulf of Guinea Maritime Crime
The UK-based maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime, has issued a report – Special Advisory, The West Africa Problem; Mission Not Impossible -, which focuses on the rapidly evolving nature of...
View ArticleCommentary: Have We Learned the Right Lessons From Sandy?
One year ago, Hurricane Sandy slammed into the New York and New Jersey coasts. As a result, 43 people died, lower Manhattan was dark for days, and seven hospitals had to be evacuated.In New York and...
View ArticleLong Island, N.Y., Residents Asked to Take Disaster Survey
A Long Island, N.Y., politician is asking residents to take an online survey to help officials update their plans for dealing with storms and other natural disasters. Huntington Town Supervisor Frank...
View ArticleWillis’ Casualty Head Comments on Inflow of New Capital for Casualty Re Market
Capital is pouring into the casualty reinsurance market from both traditional property catastrophe reinsurers looking to offset rate reductions in their own sphere, and now also from the capital...
View ArticleNew York’s Staten Island Gets $56M to Control Future Flooding
New York officials say $33 million in federal Sandy relief will be going toward the purchase of about 24 acres on Staten Island to control future flooding. Sen. Charles Schumer and New York City Mayor...
View ArticleNew York Requires State Agencies to Consider Extreme Weather
New York state agencies are required to consider the future likelihood of extreme weather in their decisions on public works projects, industrial and commercial permits and regulations, according to a...
View ArticleSwiss Re Corporate Solutions & IBM Offer Protection Against Cyber Attacks
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions joins forces with IBM Security to provide advanced cyber risk protection products and services to companies worldwide, aiming to help businesses defend themselves against...
View ArticleNumber of Food Recalls and Their Costs Are Increasing: Swiss Re Report
“Food manufacturers operate in a vast, globalized supply chain, where one mislabeled product or contaminated ingredient can cause sickness, death, multi-million dollar losses and massive reputational...
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