Insured losses due to natural catastrophes down 38 percent in 2014, according Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team....
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An Italian court on Monday convicted a Chinese garment manufacturer and two Chinese managers of manslaughter in a 2013 factory...
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It’s been five years since the ground shook violently in and around the overcrowded capital of Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s...
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The absence of very severe catastrophes and a quiet hurricane season in the North Atlantic meant that losses from natural...
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Strong currents and blinding silt thwarted an attempt by divers on Thursday to find AirAsia Flight 8501‘s black boxes, which...
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Oil giant Shell has agreed to pay a Nigerian fishing community 55 million pounds (about $83.5 million) for the worst...
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Two prospects from the U.S. Ski Team were killed in an avalanche Monday while skiing near their European training base...
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Kenya’s president ordered an audit of all buildings in the capital on Monday after an eight-story residential building collapsed, killing...
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Highlighting the depth of Indonesia’s air safety problems, the transportation ministry announced harsh measures Monday against everyone who allowed AirAsia...
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Wearing gas masks against the smoke, Italian firefighters and investigators boarded the charred Norman Atlantic ferry on Friday and retrieved...
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