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Japan Quake/Tsunami Loss Estimates Continue to Hit Insurers’ Shares

Investors sold insurance shares Monday in fear of how high the total losses from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami will go, though it will take weeks to determine how much was actually lost. At least one set of experts pegged the …

Insurers’ Share Prices Fall on Japan Earthquake 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 …