Reinsurance rates may be edging higher only now, but the companies’ shares could still surge amid investor hopes that disasters,...
Articles by Ben Berkowitz
The first part of this article appeared on the IJ’s web site on April 5. PRICE PRESSURE Earthquakes may not...
Michael Korn is a popular person these days, which is perhaps not too surprising considering what he does for a...
Risk modeling company AIR Worldwide tightened its estimate for insured losses from the Japan earthquake and tsunami, as one analyst...
The man widely seen as the leading successor to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway has resigned after buying shares in...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway took nearly $1 billion in writedowns on three stocks last quarter under pressure from U.S. regulators...
Risk modeling company AIR Worldwide tightened its estimate for insured losses from the Japan earthquake and tsunami, as one analyst...
Losses from the Japanese earthquake will reduce insurers’ capital reserves, insurance brokers said Tuesday, as sector shares continued their sharp...
Investors sold insurance shares Monday in fear of how high the total losses from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami will go,...
The unexpected nature of this week’s earthquake in Japan, plus the damage from the subsequent tsunami and fires, makes estimating...