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AIR Worldwide preliminary estimate on Japan earthquake
Based on currently available information, catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that insured property losses from the Mw9.1 earthquake that struck Japan on Friday...
Earthquake damage up to $34 billion
The massive earthquake that struck Japan will exact a massive economic toll estimated at between $14.5 billion and $34.6 billion, a leading risk analysis...
Options : nuclear contamination
Evacuation, temporary shelter and iodine pills are the chief weapons for protecting civilians against nuclear fallout, experts say.
A blast on Saturday that wrecked...
RMS Commentary on Japan Earthquake
On Friday, March 11 a powerful magnitude 8.9 Mw (moment magnitude) earthquake occurred offshore the east coast of Honshu, Japan (02:46pm local time). The...
Japan PM vows to protect public health near nuke plant
Japan's Premier Naoto Kan on Saturday urged calm among people living near a nuclear power plant hit by an explosion and vowed the government...
Aon Benfield Cat Alert: Japan Mega-Earthquake and Tsunami
A mega-earthquake and tsunami struck off the northeastern coast of Japan this morning, with initial reports suggesting significant damage, injuries and fatalities. The United...
Swiss Re shares drop amid Japan quake
Shares in Swiss Re, one of the world's biggest reinsurers, fell 4.6 percent in early trading on Friday after Japan was struck by its...
Japanese NKSJ to expand over three year period
NKSJ and its bigger rivals MS&AD Insurance and Tokio Marine Holdings are accelerating their overseas expansion as Japan's 8 trillion yen ($95 billion) property-casualty...
Tower Australia directors back Dai-ichi Life deal
Shares in life insurer Tower Australia jumped more than 40 percent Wednesday after it unanimously recommended shareholders accept a takeover offer from Japan's Dai-ichi...
Japan’s Dai-ichi Life to buy out Australian insurer
Japan's Dai-ichi Life Insurance said it will fully take over the mid-size Tower Australia Group by May as it seeks to shore up its...
Sompo Japan, Bank of Shanghai to ally
Japan's major non-life insurer Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. will form a sales partnership with China's Bank of Shanghai, a newspaper said Sunday.
Sompo Japan, a...
Japan eases visa rules to attract ‘medical tourists’
Japan said it was easing visa requirements for patients seeking care at Japanese hospitals in a bid to promote "medical tourism", particularly among Asians...
Japan culls 23,000 chickens to contain bird flu
Japan began slaughtering about 23,000 chickens Tuesday at a poultry farm in western Shimane prefecture where an outbreak of bird flu was discovered, the...
Appointment : Hideyuki Yoshida is new Head of Aon Benfield Analytics Japan
Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, has appointed Hideyuki Yoshida as head of Aon Benfield Analytics in Japan.
He will be responsible for managing...
Japan : U.S. urges opening of beef and insurance market
Trade Representative Ron Kirk urged Japan to open its markets to U.S. beef and insurance during a meeting with Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara on...
Appointment : Helen Ye new executive director of catastrophe reinsurance in China
Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, has appointed Helen Ye as executive director and head of catastrophe reinsurance in China.
Helen will be responsible...
Aon Benfield : Insurers must prepare for Asian ‘Supercats’
Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, is warning insurers in Asia to prepare for future “Supercat” events like those experienced in the USA....
AIG / unit sale : Prudential Financial to buy Star Life and Edison Life Insurance
Troubled US insurer American International Group (AIG) said Thursday it had agreed to sell two Japanese life insurance units to Prudential Financial for almost...
Prudential and MetLife set to buy AIG units in Japan
Prudential Financial Inc. and MetLife Inc., insurers that have competed for U.S. sales for more than a century, are extending their rivalry in Japan...
AIG nears sale of two Japanese units
Troubled US insurer American International Group is close to selling two Japanese life insurance units to Prudential Financial Inc. in a five billion dollar...
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