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It sounds like a joke in this economy, but it’s true. According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, U.S. workers are more confident about having enough savings for retirement even after the percentage of savers declined.
It states that the 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey finds that the “record low confidence levels measured during the past two [...]
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This came to my inbox Friday and I found it entertaining and insightful. Written by Donald Mango, chief actuary at Guy Carpenter, this fun read explores the risk management lessons from the recent winter Olympics.
We were all thrilled with the spectacle of the just-completed 2010 Olympic Winter Games from Vancouver. Winter sports are known for [...]
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Spanish officials are calling it the world’s biggest network of virus-infected computers. That’s right — 13 million computers were hacked and infected with a program that allowed for the theft of personal and financial data of unwitting citizens worldwide, in what investigators have termed the “Mariposa botnet.”
The culprits? Three Spaniards, ages 31, 30 and 25 [...]
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DailyFinance.com is projecting that the recent 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile could cause insured losses anywhere from $2 billion to more than $8 billion. The quake struck February 27th and is now believed to be one of the top 10 most powerful earthquakes ever.
Catastrophe modeling company EQECAT Inc. said insured damages from the quake could [...]
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Faithful readers — it’s the moment you’ve (maybe?) been waiting for since last month’s issue of Risk Management was put online. The March issue is now available here.
Within it, you’ll find features focusing on Haiti and the future of disasters, brain injury recovery, ERM challenges and CEO succession planning. Also available are articles covering the [...]
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