BP’s Gulf Spill Costs Look Manageable 8 Months Later December 31, 2010 By Chris Kahn As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No...
BP’s Gulf Spill Costs Look Manageable 8 Months Later December 30, 2010 By Chris Kahn As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No...
Panama Canal Traffic Halted Due to Heavy Rains December 9, 2010 Traffic in the Panama Canal, a major shipping waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has been suspended temporarily...
Aon Benfield Cat Report for November Highlights Cold and Floods December 6, 2010 In its latest monthly assessment of the world’s catastrophes for November Aon Benfield highlights the first winter weather event of...
Willis Names Fyfe Regional Specialist Leader for Latin America September 22, 2010 Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Edward Fyfe as Regional Specialist Leader for Latin America. He is based in...
Venezuelan Plane Crash Kills 14; More Survive: 4 Missing September 14, 2010 By German Dam At least 14 people were killed Monday when a plane owned by Venezuela’s state-run airline Conviasa with 51 people on...
Venezuela to Nationalize La Previsora Insurance Company August 19, 2010 Venezuela’s parliament voted Wednesday to nationalize one of the country’s main insurance companies, Seguros La Previsora, which was shut by...
BP Test of New Cap on Gulf Oil Well Could Be Turning Point July 13, 2010 By Eric Onstad and Alexandria Sage BP Plc prepared on Tuesday to test a new cap on its runaway well, arresting the flow of oil which...
More Oil Spills to Come, Says Professor June 30, 2010 The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not simply a random accident. There will be more...
Oil Rig Tragedies Shock Insurers, Destabilize Market, Says Willis June 21, 2010 The U.S. Deepwater Horizon and Venezuelan Aban Pearl drilling rig losses have left upstream energy insurers with an unprecedented bill...