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Hurricane Maria : landfall on Newfoundland and quickly becomes Post-Tropical
Extratropical Storm Maria made landfall as a minimal Category 1 hurricane on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula near Cape Pine on Friday afternoon about 4:00 pm...
Asia : Chinatrust’s plan to acquire MetLife Taiwan is still being reviewed
Five months ago, Chinatrust Financial Holdings has made a bid for MetLife’s Taiwan life insurance unit for USD 180 million. The Financial Supervisory Commission...
ANZ : looking for acquisition opportunities
ANZ Banking Group is seeking acquisition opportunities. These could be from the Asia Pacific region because of global market volatilities.
"We should never waste a...
Europe : France urges the rescue plan of Greece
France urged the swift implementation of the July 21 plan to rescue Greece, with Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss with Angela Merkel and Greek Prime...
RMS : Hurricane Irene insured losses at USD$2.5 to $5.5 billion from wind and surge in U.S. and Caribbean
RMS estimates that U.S. insured losses from Hurricane Irene’s wind and surge impacts will fall between USD$2 and 4.5 billion, excluding inland flood losses...
IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Federal Bank conferences in focus
Global investors will tune in on the nation's capital Thursday as the new head of the IMF will talk about the challenges the world...
Absa Group : acquired Takaful South Africa
Absa Group has acquired Takafol South Africa, which is the only company offering Islamic insurance in South Africa. The transaction amount has not been...
Munich Re : Irene damages to cost insurers $7bn
Hurricane Irene, which lashed the United States east coast at the end of last month, will cost insurers some $7 billion (5.1 billion euros),...
RMS : comment on tropical storm Nate and Maria
Tropical Storm Nate has moved only a little from its position over the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico. The system has...
U.S. : healthcare battle edges nearer Supreme Court
A second US appeals court upheld President Barack Obama's health care overhaul Thursday, but an earlier ruling against the plan means his signature reform...
RMS : new report released on global terrorism threat
The RMS report, ‘Terrorism Risk in the Post-9/11 Era’, highlights that the global terrorism threat in the last decade has become more diverse, and...
AIR Worldwide : estimates losses from tropical storm Talas
Tropical Storm Talas is the season’s 12th named storm, the seventh severe tropical storm and the fifth typhoon of the 2011 Pacific typhoon season....
US : 9/11 rescuers want cancer included in 9/11 compensation
Several US lawmakers and New York rescuers who rushed to the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 called on the government Wednesday to include...
AIR Worldwide : slower winds help fire-fighters battle Texas wildfires
Since the beginning of 2011 fire crews have fought nearly 19,000 wildfires so far in the state of Texas alone. This represents 3.6 million...
US / WTC : cancers among 9/11 workers spark political firestorm
"Never forget!" was the motto of the first responders who rushed to the burning World Trade Center on 9/11, but 10 years on some...
Bank of China Hong Kong unit may sell up to USD 15 billion in bonds
Bank of China Hong Kong is the local unit of the mainland Chinese lender Bank of China, which has announced the possibility to issue...
AIR Worldwide : Tropical Storm Lee threatens most of the Gulf Coast
Tropical Depression 13 has strengthened to Tropical Storm Lee. Lee is currently 200 miles southeast of Cameron, Louisiana, and 210 miles southwest of the...
AIR Worldwide : Typhoon Talas heads for Japan
Typhoon Talas formed on August 25 as the Japan Meteorological Agency’s (JMA) 12th named storm of the 2011 Northwest Pacific typhoon season. The typhoon...
U.S. : 9/11 firefighters more likely to get cancer
Firefighters exposed to the World Trade Center attacks are more likely to get cancer, while 9/11 rescue workers still suffer high illness rates generally,...
RMS : commentary on hurricane Katia
Katia has just strengthened to hurricane status, becoming the second hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season.
The system is forecast, by the National Hurricane Centre...
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