Home International
International
EIOPA : EU – US insurance dialogue agrees high level project plan
The Steering Committee of the EU-U.S. Insurance Dialogue Project to increase mutual understanding and enhance cooperation met in Basel, Switzerland on 21 March 2013...
AIR Worldwide : announces new Public Risk Services Group
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced the availability of Public Risk Services, a new consulting service to support the needs of public sector...
AIR Worldwide : Earthquake Rattles Central Taiwan, Causing Minor Building Damage
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Taiwan on March 27, 2013, at 10:03 a.m. local time (02:03:20...
BRICS development bank can rival IMF and World Bank
Professor of International Business Geoffrey Wood believes the new BRICS development bank can rival the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank if...
Aon : New York City must take action to remain “Destination of Choice” for talent
Aon released a joint study with the Partnership for New York City, the city’s leading business group, that outlines steps New York must take...
Puerto Rico : government initiatives to grow insurance sector
Government initiatives in Puerto Rico have seen its insurance industry grow by a CAGR of 5.8% between 2007 and 2011, despite its contracting economy.
A...
Insurance Sector in Central African Republic Set to Expand 10.7% by 2017
New research suggests the insurance industry in the Central African Republic (CAR) is set to grow at a CAGR of 10.7% between 2012 and...
Aon Hewitt : Corporate Health Exchange empowers employees to become more astute health care consumers
Enrollment results indicate that when given more choice and control, employees become more engaged and invested in selecting their health benefits. This is according...
AIR Worldwide : Tropical Cyclone Rusty Makes Landfall; Brings Strong Wind Gusts
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, with 1-minute sustained winds of 136 km/h and gusts to 170 km/h, Tropical Cyclone Rusty came ashore...
AIR Worldwide : Tropical Cyclone Rusty to deliver high winds, ehavy precipitation and flooding to oast of Western Australia
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Cyclone Rusty formed only on Saturday, February 23, but grew rapidly and intensified due to low...
AIR Worldwide : meteor blast impacts Russia
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, on Friday, February 15, a meteor exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk (population: 1 million) in Russia's...
AIR Worldwide : cleanup of fierce Northeast winter storm begins
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, from New York 500 miles north to Maine and then into Canada, the fierce February 8-9 winter...
AIR Worldwide : Northeast braces for Blizzard
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a disturbance tracking across the Great Lakes is expected to merge later tonight with another low pressure...
AIR Worldwide : floods associated with ex-tropical cyclone strike Eastern Australia
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, flooding has hit parts of eastern Australia, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate their homes. The heavy...
French health regulator ANSM investigates contraceptive linked deaths
French health regulator ANSM has launched a probe into the drug Diane-35, used to treat acne and also as a contraceptive, after linking it...
SNS Reaal : shares plummet amid bailout rumours
Shares in troubled Dutch banking and insurance group SNS Reaal plummeted further on Thursday amid heightened speculation that the government will nationalise the bank...
France : gas leak let a rotten egg stench reach England
The stench of rotten eggs wafted across Paris and northern France on Tuesday, even reaching across the sea to England, after a gas leak...
Rescued French sailor was uninsured
The partner of a French sailor who was rescued off the coast of Australia after spending three days adrift on a life-raft on Monday...
Over 140 countries signed a ground-breaking mercury treaty
More than 140 countries agreed Saturday on a ground-breaking treaty to rein in the use and emission of health-hazardous mercury, the UN said, but...
Japan : fear of nuclear contaminated foods erode sales
Mayumi Kurasawa's seaweed company saw seven of its factories swept away by Japan's 2011 tsunami. Nearly two years later, sales continue to be eroded...
Prev
