All Windstorm articles – Page 8
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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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Insurer reports impact of 2Q storms
15 severe weather events in the U.S. caused up to $18m losses to Argo
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Online onlyFlorida insurance commissioner meets Lloyd’s chairman
Kevin McCarty joins state governor Charlie Crist as part of London trade mission
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UPDATE: Bertha regains strength
Back to a ‘weak’ Category 2 hurricane with 105mph winds - Eqecat
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FOR YOUR DIARY: Storm Force, 17 July
Seminar on windstorm risk to be held in London next week
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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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Bertha ‘not untypical’ – Munich Re
Company’s head of geo risk research describes 2008 catastrophes to date
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Online onlyDestructive typhoon makes landfall in China
Fengshen passed by Hong Kong and Macau before making landfall in south-eastern China
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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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Storm-insured volumes ‘to double by 2018’
AIR analysis also found insured value of US coastal property grew by 7% pa
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Caribbean governments renew CCRIF policies
Action taken in preparation for 2008 hurricane season
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Hedge fund firm buys into ILS specialist
Man Group to pay £25m for company focusing on weather derivatives
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Nelson Re issues $180m of cat bonds
Bonds protects Glacier Re against US hurricane, US earthquake and European windstorm peril losses
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Industry Matters
Expecting the unexpected
Steve Smith says the science points to a hurricane season in line with the heightened risk period – or worse.
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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.
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Bermuda: Trouble in paradise?
The credit crunch, unpopular policies and the ever-looming threat of a major catastrophe loss are just some of the challenges facing Bermuda reinsurers. Some say Bermuda is losing its shine and yet the market has enjoyed two years of record profits. Helen Yates takes stock.
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SCOR donates to UN relief effort
Reinsurer donates $200,000 to relief efforts following natural disasters in China and Myanmar
