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Swiss Re : estimates Sandy will cost it $900 million
Swiss reinsurance group Swiss Re has estimated that it will have to pay around 900 million dollars (695 million euros) in claims stemming from...
Amlin passes nat cat losses to customers
Amlin Insurance has joined the growing group of insurers raising their prices, as the flow on effect from last years natural disasters begins to...
Hannover Re raises reinsurance prices
Hannover Re has increased it's premium price for hurricane an earthquake losses, as the reinsurer renewed it's contracts with insurers last month (January).
Hannover, the...
Stress : 9/11 leaves a legacy of psychiatric trauma
The September 11 terror strikes left American psychiatrists a lasting legacy of unexpected size: thousands of people living and struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder,...
Weather catastrophes in China soar
Munich Re stated that deadly weather catastrophes in China had soared around four-fold in the last 30 years, costing its economy billions.
Munich Re...
Japan atomic plant worker in hospital
A worker battling to cool overheating reactors at Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant was taken to hospital on Sunday after complaining of feeling sick, the...
Disasters cause world losses of 222 billion dollars in 2010
Man-made and natural disasters generated worldwide economic losses of 222 billion dollars in 2010, more than three times last year's figure, the world's biggest...
Good to Know : Creating a Home Inventory to make claim process smooth
September is National Disaster Preparedness Month. In order to make sure Ohioans can recover from a disaster, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo...
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...
Home insurance: Axa to launch a short film about water damage
Axa insurer launched in July a short film documentary about a family affected by water damage.
The short film film takes viewers through this personal...
Vietnamese fishermen, supporters protest BP spill disaster
Dozens of Vietnamese-Americans gathered in sweltering heat here Tuesday to protest the impact of the BP oil spill on their community, much of which...
Lawyers on the prowl after US oil spill
Armies of lawyers are turning their sights to the massive oil slick spreading across the Gulf of Mexico, eagerly seeking damages from the companies...
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...
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...
