oil spill
Aon Benfield to bring together new re/insurance consortium for oil spills
Guy Carpenter and Willis Re are working alongside Aon Benfield as placement advisors to a new sudden oil spill consortium, which aims to deliver...
New insurance fund to cover cost of future oil spills
U.S. oil explorers are talking about forming a new insurance fund that would cover the costs of any future oil spill, to avoid a...
BP to fund mental health in oil-hit Gulf states
BP announced Monday 52 million dollars in funding for health groups dealing with stress and depression in four southern US states hit by the...
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...
BP oil spill costs soar above 3 billion dollars
BP's costs over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill soared Monday above three billion dollars, while a giant Taiwanese ship provided hope of revolutionizing...
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...
Swiss Re insurance profits dampened by disaster damage
Swiss Re, one of the world's biggest reinsurers, on Thursday reported a surge in first quarter profit although its results were dampened by losses...
