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Typhoon Fung-Wong initial loss estimates
$142m loss in Fujian Province, China. Insured losses in Taiwan "unlikely to exceed $100m" - AIR
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Typhoon Fung-Wong kills two
$6m losses to agriculture in Tawain. Typhoon makes landfall in China.
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UPDATE: Typhoon Fung-Wong
Chinese authorities evacuate tens of thousands of people. Fung-Wong to make second landfall in Fujian Province as CAT 1 typhoon today.
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Online onlyTyphoon Fung-Wong hits Taiwan
Wind speeds of 140 kmph. China very likely to be hit in 12 hours.
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Dolly caused $350m-$700m losses - AIR estimate
Insured losses from hurricane now seem at low end, after Dolly kept north
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Online onlyDolly to strike Mexico, likely to strike U.S.
Tropical Storm with 85kmph winds nears Cancun, could become a hurricane by Tuesday.
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Kalmaegi death toll now 19
Tropical Storm fatalities in Taiwan, caused by flooding, landslides
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Kalmaegi claims fatalities in Taiwan
Downgraded from a typhoon to a tropical storm, but causing flooding and mudslides
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Global nat cat losses total $13bn in 2008
Munich Re summarises "substantial and above average" impact of the first six months of the year
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Flood course gains CII approval
Training in water damage for claims handlers, loss adjusters and supply chain managers
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Online onlyACE: Midwest floods to have negligible impact
ACE is the second largest writer of crop insurance in the US and is protected by stop-loss reinsurance cover
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PartnerRe appoints new cat managers
Brian Secrett and Laura Davis are both internal promotions
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RenRe set agenda at hurricane forum
Key conclusions were in research and reinsurance retention levels
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Time for a US federal cat ‘backstop’?
S&P article looks at pros and cons of creating a government catastrophe programme
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Cover Story
Fragile China
It has been called “China’s Hurricane Andrew”. Following the Sichuan earthquake in China, Helen Yates asks how future events could be better insured and whether a government-backed catastrophe pool could be the solution.
