May 2017

The 2013-16 Ebola crisis demonstrated that the world is not prepared to handle a major disease outbreak. To prevent a future outbreak from becoming a costly pandemic, society needs to quickly mobilize funds to assist countries and health agencies.

With the current state of the reinsurance market—dropping prices, increasing M&A activity, an influx of other capital sources, a lack of major CAT events—it's more important than ever to make optimal decisions when it comes to managing your portfolio.

Last year we invited InFocus readers to enter the Hurricane Contest that AIR’s employees have enjoyed for the last seven years. Now we are a couple of weeks from the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, and we’re running the contest again!

A new strain of ransomware, called WannaCry or Wcry, has been spreading around the world, infecting hundreds of thousands of computers in 150 countries. What distinguishes this ransomware from most of the strains that have been seen so far is that it also spreads like a worm or virus.

Natural catastrophes can contribute to outbreaks of disease by damaging infrastructure, displacing people, and hampering the function of public health programs. In this post we will look specifically at one of the most problematic perils in terms of disease spread: flooding.

U.S. insurance companies are scrambling to explain higher quarterly losses than they've seen in years. But should the losses from severe weather in the first quarter of 2017 really come as a surprise?

In December 2016, the White House released the Standards and Finance to Support Community Resilience report, which proposes key areas for developing more resilient homes, businesses, and infrastructure in the United States.

When we think of disease outbreaks, we often think about dramatic epidemics of novel disease agents (Zika, HIV, Ebola, etc.) sweeping through a population that has no natural defenses against them. However, most outbreaks are of known diseases.