Big drop in annual disaster bill
ZURICH - THE global death toll and financial cost of catastrophes has dropped sharply this year after reaching near record levels in 2008, initial estimates from reinsurer Swiss Re indicate...
Straits Times,
Mon Nov 30 15:52:14 PST 2009
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Catastrophe, disaster losses at $24B: Swiss Re sigma
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Business Insurance,
Mon Nov 30 09:21:52 PST 2009
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Swiss Re: 2009 Catastrophes Will Cost Insurers $24 Billion
In 2009, natural catastrophes will have cost insurers roughly $21 billion, and man-made disasters will trigger additional claims of approximately $3 billion, according to Swiss Re 's sigma ...
Insurance Networking,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:39:24 GMT
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World set for big drop in annual disaster bill: Swiss Re
ZURICH, Nov 30 (AFP) Nov 30, 2009 The global death toll and financial cost of catastrophes has dropped sharply this year after reaching near record levels in 2008, initial estimates from re...
SpaceDaily,
Mon Nov 30 09:39:49 PST 2009
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Catastrophe, disaster losses at $24B: Swiss Re sigma
Barring a major disaster in the last month of the year, natural and man-made catastrophes are expected to cost insurers about $24 billion this year compared with $50 billion last year, a Sw...
Business Insurance,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:09:23 GMT
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-11-30 13:27 Munich Re seeks ambitious climate protection targe...
By Sarah Hills LONDON - Nov 30 (Reuters) - There is clear evidence that climate change is contributing towards rising natural catastrophe losses and ambitious climate protection targets are...
Interactive Investor,
Mon Nov 30 05:41:49 PST 2009
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The Greedy Bully
... elements have been manipulating humanity toward enslavement by a one-world government, to be ruled by them. Catastrophes and conflicts are created, then "solved" by the same forces, wh...
Villager Journal Online,
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:44:11 GMT
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The 15 worst risks next year - and how to avoid them
What's the worst that could happen to financial markets next year - hyperinflation, climate change, or the break-up of the euro? Such big-picture catastrophes are difficult to quantify, but...
eFinancial News,
Sun Nov 29 16:21:42 PST 2009
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Fitch Affirms State Farm's Ratings; Outlook Negative
... its property/casualty business, translating to a combined ratio of 108% through the first nine months of 2009. Catastrophes year-to-date in 2009 contributed approximately seven percent...
BusinessWire,
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:48:07 GMT
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How Can Humanity Avoid or Reverse the Dangers Posed by a Warming Climate?
Wetlands from Bangladesh to Florida submerged. Drought and devastating heat in important granaries such as the Yangtze floodplain in China or Ukraine. Rains that come too often or too hard ...
Scientific American,
Mon Nov 30 04:03:05 PST 2009
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Learning from Catastrophes: Strategies for Reaction and Response
... . Earthquakes . Pandemics . Global economic crises . Terrorism . Whether natural or man-made, massive catastrophes happen far more often than decision-makers once imagined. Organizatio...
InformIT,
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. Announces Public Equity Offering
HAMILTON, Bermuda----Assured Guaranty Ltd. today announced its agreement to sell in a public offering 23,924,000 common shares. Assured Guaranty also granted the underwriter a 30-day option...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance,
Mon Nov 30 16:50:00 PST 2009
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Ex-pharmacist from Ledbury picks up her pen
... from Ledbury has the perfect prescription for crime readers. Poison and Poisoning: A Compendium of Cases, Catastrophes and Crimes has been released by Celia Kellett. The book is the la...
Hereford Times,
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:22:17 GMT
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Homeless students in NEMS go under the radar
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Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal,
Mon Nov 30 09:38:30 PST 2009
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V-O-S Reviews film "2012"
... "whole" basically consists of problems emergencies that quickly grow into a CASCADING series of cataclysmic CATASTROPHES... But, oh, such inherently IMPRESSIVE disasters! Emmerich use...
Edge San Francisco,
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:57:33 GMT
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-11-30 15:03 Insurers' catastrophe losses halve in 2009 - Swiss...
LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The global insurance industry is on course to take a $24 billion hit from natural and man-made disasters this year, less than half the total for 2008, thanks to a...
Interactive Investor,
Mon Nov 30 07:26:48 PST 2009
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Gard: Clean energy is critical to a more secure U.S.
... extended drought to many regions and igniting conflicts over water. Today's military is already spread thin. Catastrophes linked to climate change, made worse by our oil addiction, wi...
Lansing State Journal,
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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Insurance Provider Rineon Group Announces Strong Third Quarter Results`
MESA, Ariz. -- Rineon Group Inc. , a specialty insurance group, announced today results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance,
Mon Nov 30 12:43:19 PST 2009
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Radha Mitchell
... breakthrough when she made her feature debut in Emma-Kate Croghan's engaging romantic comedy, "Love and Other Catastrophes" (1996), playing Danni, "a sweet young thing" as Mitchell des...
Hollywood.com,
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:34:35 GMT
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Reinvigorating Microsoft's mobile strategy
Microsoft needs to make a phone that's worth programming for. Once achieved, however, Microsoft should try to act like the past 20 years spent collecting the leading lights of framework des...
ZDNet,
Mon Nov 30 05:25:47 PST 2009
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