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WHO eyes 20 year nuclear health watch in Japan
The World Health Organisation is seeking studies for up to 20 years to keep watch over public health in Japan following the Fukushima nuclear...
Analysis : RMS releases insured loss estimates for Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
Based on a combination of detailed modeling and analysis of preliminary damage information, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) estimates the total insured property loss from...
Omega Insurance sees Japan quake losses at USD24 million
Omega Insurance which has received takeover approaches over the last month, estimated it could have losses of around $24 million from last month's earthquake...
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...
German reinsurer may lower 2011 forecast after Japan quake
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan will likely force the world's third largest reinsurance group, Hannover Re, to revise downwards its yearly forecasts, the...
RMS Commentary on the April 7 Japan Earthquake
On Thursday, April 7 (11:32pm local time) a magnitude Mw7.1 earthquake occurred offshore the east coast of Honshu, Japan – a powerful aftershock of...
Asian ministers warn of threats to economic growth
Asian finance ministers agreed Friday to speed up regional integration and pledged to press ahead with plans for a disaster insurance fund in the...
EU to adopt Japan’s tighter thresholds for radiation in food
Europe will lower the levels of radioactivity allowed in food to match already stricter ceilings set by Japan, European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso...
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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Lloyd’s : confidence in dealing with claims
The Lloyd's of London insurance market is confident it can deal easily with claims from Japan's earthquake even though natural disasters almost halved its...
German reinsurers post quake loss estimates
German reinsurance group Hannover Re said Wednesday that the Japanese disasters would cost it around 250 million euros ($350 million), six times less than...
Munich Re estimates losses due to Japan’s earthquake
Munich Re provisionally estimates that its claims payments for the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan will total some €1.5bn (after retrocession and before...
Invest in Japan after earthquake
Warren Buffett believes Japan's devastating earthquake is the kind of extraordinary event that creates a buying opportunity for shares in Japanese companies.
Japan, the world's...
AIG unit forecasts Japan quake loss of $700 mn in Q1
Insurer AIG said Friday that Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami disaster would cost its Chartis subsidiary $700 million in the first quarter of 2011.
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Worried Hawaiians rush for iodine supplements
Hawaiians are rushing to get iodide pills to protect against radioactivity from a quake-crippled Japanese nuclear power plant, store owners on the Pacific island...
Japan to start screening food for radioactivity
Japan instructed local authorities on Thursday to start screening food for radioactivity after accidents at an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant sparked fears of wider...
Japan’s Nippon buys 26% of Reliance Life for $680 mln
Japan's Nippon Life Insurance said Monday it had bought a 26 percent stake in billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance Life Insurance for $680 million, the...
WHO says ready to help Japan in nuclear crisis
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it was ready to help Japan, which is grappling with a nuclear emergency after some reactors were damaged...
Canadians empty pharmacies of iodide tablets
Fearing a nuclear meltdown in quake-hit Japan, Canadians living on the Pacific Coast are ignoring health authorities and emptying pharmacies of anti-radiation medicines, media...
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