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South America : Chile volcano ash cloud shifts direction
A thick plume of ash from the erupting Puyehue volcano in the Andes shifted direction into Chile on Sunday after spewing volcanic dust over...
Insurer Zurich posts 76-percent profit jump in first quarter
Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services said on Thursday that its first-quarter net profits soared 76 percent to 935 million dollars (729 million euros), despite...
Investments rescue Munich Re’s quarterly earnings
German insurance group Munich Re posted a better-than-expected second quarter net profit on Wednesday owing to earnings from investments, and raised slightly a full-year...
Aon Benfield’s FAConnect platform delivers new capacity for Terrorism risk
Aon Benfield, the world’s premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, has teamed up with leading reinsurers to deliver enhanced facultative capacity for US Terrorism...
World catastrophic events : Aon monthly report
Aon Benfield, the world's premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, released the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which provides an analysis...
Reinsurer Swiss Re estimated a big disaster bill in 2010
Disasters killed 15,000 people and cost the world 62 billion dollars in 2009, but the insurance industry could face a financial bill five times...
