Investors sold insurance shares Monday in fear of how high the total losses from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami will go,...
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Fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan heightened on Tuesday after radiation levels around its quake-stricken power plant soared following...
The Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group announced that the Company’s 2011 first quarter results will be negatively impacted by the New...
Catastrophe modeling firm EQECAT has issued a bulletin describing the potential insured market losses and summarizing the various impacts of...
Lloyd’s of London has issued the following statement on the Japanese earthquake: “Our thoughts are still with those affected by...
The magnitude 8.9 earthquake, 6 miles down in the Japan Trench and 130 kms (81 miles) off Japan’s northeast coast,...
U.S. insurer Aflac Inc , which is the largest foreign insurer in Japan, has “rather limited” financial exposure to the...
Economic losses in the regions of Japan that were hit by a massive earthquake will reach around 14 trillion yen...
A decline in shares of Japanese non-life insurers including MS&AD Insurance Group [Mitsui Sumitomo] is expected to be temporary as...

The unexpected nature of this week’s earthquake in Japan, plus the damage from the subsequent tsunami and fires, makes estimating...