All Hurricane season articles – Page 10
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Industry Matters
A catastrophic year
Despite the low level of losses, 2007 had more catastrophes than any other year on record, reveals Angelika Wirtz.
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Allstate forced to defend rate hikes
A Florida Senate panel grills the insurer after banning it from the state
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CCRIF announces new measures for 2008
Premiums down; attachment point decreased to one in 15 year events
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New study pinpoints danger of sea surface warming
Benfield scientists say sea surface warming was responsible for about 40% of the increase in Atlantic hurricane activity
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IFEX cuts margins to $500
Reduces maintenance margin on its US Tropical Wind Event Linked Futures contracts to $500 per $10,000 contract
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AIR: US did not dodge a bullet in 2007
High hurricane activity does not equate to more US landfalling storms, warn scientists
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Cat losses reach $75bn in 2007
Munich Re sees economic losses from catastrophes in 2007 rise 50% on 2006
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2007 hurricanes break more records
You can't predict the weather, concludes Carvill's ReAdvisory
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S&P: Another downgrade for KAMP RE
Cat bond was triggered when losses associated with Katrina exceeded $1bn
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Florida regulator denies Allstate rate hikes
Rates do not reflect the expansion of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, says regulator
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RMS warns of 7 metre storm surge
Super cyclone Sidr could impact 2 million people when it hits Bangladesh
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Bangladesh braces for super cyclone
Category 4 storm SIDR will make landfall in the next 12 hours
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Active '08 storm season for Australia
Tropical Storm Risk predicts the most active storm season for 9 years
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S&P confirms Zurich cat bond payout
Kamp Re 2005 triggered by Zurich's Katrina losses exceeding $1bn
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Bahamas brace for late-season storm
Tropical storm Noel is gaining in strength as it bears down on the Bahamas
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PCI: Don’t panic about climate change
"Prepare don't panic" advise speakers at the PCI conference
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PCI: Time for a makeover
The US economy is nothing without insurance and its time to change perceptions, urges David Sampson