Loss Control

A hurricane warning is in effect for the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, from north of Punta Gruesa to Cancun, as Hurricane Rina bears down on the region.

It came as no surprise to anyone that has followed the Floridas reinsurance fund that it could potentially have a $3.2 billion shortfall, according to new report issued by independent-financial advisor Raymond James.

While smartphones and other mobile devices are increasingly used like personal computers and require the same security now standard in PCssuch as antivirus software and encryptionmost mobile devices have the same lack of security as a 1998 PC.

Tropical Storm Rina has formed in the western Caribbean, becoming the 17th named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.

A burgeoning global population, unprecedented droughts and extreme floods have hit a number of industries including agriculture, electric power, beverage and apparel, but investors have few avenues to determine how well companies are managing water risks, according to Ceres.

While the wrath of Hurricane Irene still lingerswith more claims raising costs to the industrymy woes with a flooded basement and mountains of wet stuff are almost a memory, thanks to my insurance company.