Man has always yearned to fly, but at what expense? Risk-managing air and space involves hardware, government, and private enterprises.

The number of Atlantic storms with magnitude similar to killer Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, could rise sharply this century, environmental researchers reported on Monday.

Esri, a provider of location analytics and GIS software, and GeoDecisions have aligned to offer insurance organizations performance optimization from the office to the field as they vombine to create solutions that allow insurers to track events, such as inclement weather and other natural disasters, so they can better serve...

Superstorm Sandy was an extraordinary weather event, particularly given the destruction produced by its large storm surge in relation to the wind damage. Two weeks following the event, RMS issued its first and only estimate: insured losses would fall between $20 billion and $25 billion. So what goes into producing...