catastrophe
Cat bond market could be boosted by Japanese crisis
The market for bonds designed to cover natural catastrophes has taken a hit since the disasters in Japan last month, but could profit in...
Aon Benfield : Monthly Cat Recap report on the catastrophe that hit Japan
Aon Benfield today releases the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during March.
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Swiss Re : sigma study reveals that natural catastrophes and man-made disasters caused economic losses of USD 218 billion and cost insurers USD 43 billion
According to Swiss Re’s latest sigma study, worldwide economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters were USD 218 billion in 2010, more than...
Cyclone Yasi may cost Australia $5 billion
Cyclone Yasi may have cost Australia up to $5 billion in damages after ripping through the country's northeast, destroying towns and key crops, catastrophe...
IAG update on reinsurance and severe weather events
Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) today provided an update on its calendar 2011 catastrophe reinsurance programme, in light of recent severe weather events including...
Swiss Re has entered into a transaction with Successor X
Swiss Re has entered into a transaction with Successor X Ltd. ("Successor X") to receive up to USD 170 million of payments in the...
European winter storms: traditional perils posing new challenges
Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, has issued a briefing on uncommon European winter storm tracks in conjunction with the University of Cologne....
Solvency II : nat cat calculation ignores 15 years of critical evolution
Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, is warning that natural catastrophe calculations are ignoring 15 years of critical evolution under the currently proposed...
Aon Benfield : ILS issuance in Q3 in line with forecast according to Aon Benfield Securities report
Aon Benfield Securities, the securities and investment banking operation of Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, today announces the launch of its latest...
Aon Benfield ILS Indices represent key industry benchmarking tool
Aon Benfield Securities, the securities and investment banking operation of Aon Benfield, the world’s premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, today announces the launch...
Aon Benfield announces academic and industry research collaboration
Aon Benfield, the world’s premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, is broadening its capabilities and bringing together its academic and industry research relationships under...
Rig owner sets aside 200 million dollars for US oil disaster
The owner of the rig at the center of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster said Thursday it had set aside 200 million dollars...
Baja California quake causes USD 1 billion economic loss in Mexico
Aon Benfield, the world’s premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, today releases its latest Monthly Cat Recap report, which provides an analysis of global...
Barack Obama declares Samoa Tsuami as ‘major disaster’
United States President Barack Obama declared American Samoa as "a major disaster", after the remote Pacific island was hit by a tsunami that left...
Swiss RE to contribute research to help countries vulnerable to climate catastrophe
Swiss Re, Oxfam America, The Rockefeller Foundation and The International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University (IRI) announced a joint Commitment...
How much California wildland fire could cost to insurer ?
A massive wildfire roaring through mountains north of Los Angeles forced some firefighters to retreat on Monday as the toll of engulfed homes rose...
SCOR wins “Catastrophe Risk Transaction of the Year” award from Environmental Finance
Environmental Finance magazine has named SCOR as the winner of this year’s “Catastrophe Risk Transaction of the Year" award for its “Atlas V" transaction...
