A checklist which serves as a useful diagnostic tool for clients to use in evaluating their current aviation insurance program. Also maps the relative pros and cons of owned, chartered or fractional share ownership.
The thought of ground trembling strikes fear in many people, but with the proper attention and preparation these concerns and the potential negative fi nancial impact to you and your assets can be lessened. If you own property in earthquake country, you are at risk for loss. However, good risk-management techniques, initiated prior to an event, such as proper planning and preparation can mitigate or remove many of the potential pitfalls.
To manage wealth well requires understanding and responding wisely to risk. This white paper seeks to help readers gain insight into the heart of risk. It focuses not on technical measures of risk (beta, volatility, variance, and the like) but rather how successful individuals tolerate and manage risk day-to-day.
While banks need strong online security systems, Internet users need to help in making sure online banking is secure by using anti-virus software, according to a report by Deutsche Bank. The researchers found that more than 30 percent of Internet users in Germany do not bank online because of security concerns.
Advisors attempting to obtain large blocks of insurance death benefit on behalf of ultra net worth clients will quickly find that there is a frustrating lack of death benefit capacity within the life insurance industry.
Pre-nuptial agreements and marriage agreements are not binding under English law, leaving the details of divorce settlements largely in the hands of judges. But decisions rendered in the past five years show that judges are now taking pre-nups more seriously. This article from Withers shows how an appeals court has interpreted the importance of a pre-nup in a particular case.
China has become a prime source of malicious computer activity, according to Finjan, a California-based provider of Web security solutions. In its December monthly report, Finjan shows the network of connections between Chinese-based servers and how hackers use it to launch spyware attacks from legitimate, even government, Web sites in Western countries. The report also details how the attacks work – and what real-time action can be taken against them.
Online criminals are working through legitimate sites to place spyware or other malicious programs on the computers of ordinary users, according to Trends in Badware 2007, a report by StopBadware. Criminals can access users' private information through links and software placed on these sites. The report outlines current practices, lists compromised sites and offers security suggestions.
This report gives a comprehensive overview of life settlements, comprised of sections on identifying opportunities for life settlements, qualifying opportunities, collecting information and compiling data, negotiation and policy pricing, and closing process.
Flash drives and laptops may pose a threat to company security as employees take confidential information outside the office, according to a survey from Tower Software. The U.K.-based company found that 55 percent of surveyed employees store work-related e-mails, files and documents in locations other than a secure, shared computer network.