earhtquake News

Shares in European insurers and reinsurers fell sharply in early trading on Friday after Japan was hit by a massive earthquake, one of the biggest ever recorded. The quake, which measured 8.9 on the Richter scale, hit off the northeastern …

XL Group plc has announced preliminary net loss estimates for the earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand on February 22, 2011, pretax and net of reinsurance and reinstatement premium, of approximately $70 million to $85 million, “the majority of which …