How Spouse’s Personality Influences Job Success September 22, 2014 As people spend more and more time in the workplace, it’s natural for co-workers to develop close bonds — what’s...
NOAA Hopes Drones Get Data from Hurricane Edouard September 18, 2014 By Jennifer Kay U.S. government scientists are launching winged drones into Hurricane Edouard, hoping to collect data that could help forecasters understand what...
Reinsurance Rendez-Vous: Data Tools Help Identify Risks September 18, 2014 By Jonathan Gould Insurance companies are increasingly turning to “big data” from satellites, social media and even cigarette sales at gas stations to...
Demand for Liability Insurance to Rise Again: Swiss Re September 15, 2014 Claims severity and demand for liability insurance will increase as economic growth accelerates and because of technological, social and regulatory...
How Cybercriminals Attack Small Businesses – and 10 Ways to Stop Them September 15, 2014 At a recent “Hacker Lab” event, “white hat” hackers revealed how cybercriminals work — and what businesses can do to...
Florida Study Finds Recreational Fishermen Lost $585M in Gulf Oil Spill September 11, 2014 Recreational anglers who normally fish in the Gulf lost up to $585 million from lost fishing opportunities in the year...
The State of Obesity in U.S. September 11, 2014 After decades of rising obesity rates among adults, the rate of increase is beginning to slow, but rates remain far...
Millennials Aspire to Be Workplace Leaders; Seek Training: Survey September 11, 2014 As the 80 million millennials (ages 18-33) start to play a larger role in the U.S. workplace, they aspire to...
Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Adds PERILS’ Exposure Data to Europe Model September 11, 2014 By Charles E. Boyle The PERILS Windstorm Exposure data for Europe is now available in the Impact Forecasting ELEMENTS format. In a telephone interview...
Reinsurance Alternative Capital Now 20% of Cat Market: Aon Benfield ILS Report September 11, 2014 Alternative capital has captured approximately a 20 percent market share of property catastrophe reinsurance volume. That news came our of...