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Row at WHO meet over future of smallpox virus samples
The World Health Organisation on Monday held a stormy discussion on the future of smallpox virus samples, which Russia and the United States are...
U.S. : health insurers to justify hike in premiums
U.S. health insurers will have to justify big premium rate hikes under new rules issued by the U.S. Health and Human Service Department on...
IMF : it’s a race to find DSK successor
Before the next G8 summit in France next week, European leaders are eager to nominate a new IMF chief.
Strauss-Kahn will leave jail on...
Generali : talks of joint venture in Russia well advanced
The chief executive of Assicurazioni Generali said talks on an alliance with Russian bank VTB were at an advanced stage.
"Our priority is to...
U.S. : great Mississippi river flood of 2011 continues to propagate south
Great Mississippi river flood of 2011 continues to propagate in the South. AIR Worldwide believes there will be more flooding in store for Mississippi...
AIR Worlwide : two earthquakes badly damage historic Lorca in Southern Spain
Yesterday afternoon, two moderate earthquakes struck southeast Spain in less than two hours, shaking the popular tourist region of Murcia.
According to the United...
U.S. : AIR Worldwide estimates insured losses from the severe thunderstorm outbreak of April 22-28 at between USD 3.7 and 5.5 Billion
AIR Worldwide estimates that insured losses to residential, commercial and industrial properties and their contents, and to automobiles from the severe thunderstorm outbreak that...
U.S. : April tornado losses as much as $5.5 bn
The tornadoes and thunderstorms that carved a swathe of destruction through the US southeast in late April left as much as $5.5 billion in...
U.S. : global debt funding gap falls
The global debt funding gap on commercial property for the period 2011-13 shrank 17 percent to $202 billion after the amount of outstanding real...
U.S. : jobless claims surge
New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits surged last week, official data showed Thursday in a fresh sign that a recovery of the ailing...
U.S. : Tornado Outbreak Wreaks Havoc Across Southern U.S.
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, across the South, from Arkansas to Virginia, severe thunderstorms and an unusual number of tornadoes (more than...
Asia : Japanese MS&AD to acquire Indonesian Sinar Mas
Japan's largest property and casualty insurer MS&AD will pay about 70 billion yen ($860 million) to acquire a 50 pct stake in the life...
U.S. : jobless claims jump to January high
New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits surged more than expected last week to the highest level since January, official data showed Thursday.
The Labor...
U.S. : severe storm damage during this weekend
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a severe thunderstorm outbreak producing damaging wind, up to baseball-sized hail, heavy rainfall and more than a...
US jobless claims edge lower
New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits fell last week but the decline was much smaller than expected as the sick labor market struggles...
New China Life IPO to raise up to $4 bn
One of China's biggest life insurers is set to raise as much as $4 billion in a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai,...
U.S. : severe thunderstorm outbreak across Southeast likely to produce significant insured losses
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a severe thunderstorm outbreak that swept across the Midwest and southeastern United States over the weekend will...
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