All North America articles – Page 13

  • Malcolm haylock
    Analysis

    An in-depth exploration of the US 'hurricane drought'

    2015-06-15T14:06:00Z

    Malcolm Haylock – head of research and development, Aspen Re – analyses the occurrence of hurricanes through application of statistical models. The lack of a major hurricane making US landfall in the last nine years does not change the probability of such an event in 2015 but one can comment ...

  • Sandbags
    Analysis

    May's Texas and Oklahoma thunderstorms losses pass $1bn mark

    2015-06-05T15:44:00Z

    Claims for last month’s thunderstorms and flooding in Texas and Oklahoma are expected to exceed $1bn, according to Aon Benfield. This was the wettest May on record for both Texas and Oklahoma. The flooding across the two US states caused by last month’s storms damaged more ...

  • Samera owusu tutu editor 450
    Online only

    Embracing the 'golden child'

    2015-06-03T12:30:00Z

    Journalists love lively debate, and I’m no different. With a (re)insurance industry on the cusp of its evolution – through regulation, emerging markets and risks, an M&A boom and a pending talent cliff to deal with – I’m excited to join the GR team as the new editor ...

  • Tom Lawson, FM Global
    Analysis

    Interview: FM Global chief executive Thomas Lawson

    2015-02-10T12:43:00Z

    Lawson on collective thinking and answering clients’ questions before they ask them