Experts Assess Liability, Insurance Issues in Germanwings Crash Deutsche Lufthansa AG may face unlimited liability for payments to families of victims of the Germanwings jet crashed by its... Read More
Taiwan Faces Greatest Tsunami Risk: Guy Carpenter A new report finds that southwest Taiwan, specifically, up to 4 meters at the Port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s principal port... Read More
Study Shows Disaster-Related Economic Losses Unlikely to Drop Preliminary results of a catastrophe modelling study presented at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction show little... Read More
In Wake of Latest Cyclone, UN Urges Safeguards Against Climate Disasters The president of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu appealed to a U.N. disaster conference Saturday for help as a... Read More
I.I.I. Celebrates International Pi Day With Insurance Facts Known as the “Math Geek Mardi Gras”, Pi Day is a growing international event that underscores the wonder of numbers,... Read More
Airlines Report More Deaths, Fewer Accidents in 2014 The number of deaths in jetliner disasters spiked last year despite there being fewer accidents in total, an international airline... Read More
UN Reports Nearly $300B Lost Annually Due to Natural Disasters The global economic losses from natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones and have continued rising to reach an... Read More
ACE Appoints Scott-Young Claims Director for Continental Europe ACE Group announced the appointment of Tim Scott-Young as Claims Director for its Continental Europe region in line with its... Read More
Global Cat Report Finds 2014 Insured Losses Lowest in 5 Years In 2014, significant insured losses totaled approximately $33 billion, a dramatic drop compared to the historic insured losses seen in... Read More
Canada Oil Trains Required to Carry More Insurance Canada will increase the insurance railways must carry when they haul crude oil and impose a levy on shippers to... Read More