Are you an insurance news hound? Test your insurance news IQ and find out. The following questions and answers (at bottom of the page– don’t cheat!) were developed based on news stories published by InsuranceJournal.com in 2010. Good luck! 1. …
Natural and man-made catastrophes topped the list of the most significant events in 2010, with three major earthquakes, a near record number of hurricanes, some serious typhoons and windstorms, a volcanic eruption and a calamitous oil spill that blighted the …
French reinsurer SCOR Group has launched the SCOR Global Risk Center, as part of the Group’s strategic plan for 2010-2013, “Strong Momentum”, and is in line with its long-term commitments. The bulletin noted that “SCOR has already developed several partnerships …
Droughts and deluges in Australia, snow in Europe and cold snaps in the United States are pushing up prices of a range of commodities from sugar to heating oil and soybeans. Australia typically ranks as second in the league of …
In its latest monthly assessment of the world’s catastrophes for November Aon Benfield highlights the first winter weather event of the season across Europe with “notable affects.” the report, published by the company’s Impact Forecasting team, who evaluate global natural …
Floods, Windstorms, Droughts, Heat Waves and Wildfires There was a time in the not-so-distant past when events such as these would have been considered somewhat unusual in Europe. But these days, extreme weather events are becoming a much more common …
The Sacramento Kings basketball team is suing three companies in federal court over an exercise ball that burst and injured one of their players. Roger Dreyer, the lawyer representing the team, said on Wednesday that Francisco Garcia broke his right …
Zurich North America announced from its Illinois headquarters that its International Surety, Credit & Political Risk group has executed an alliance agreement with SACE, Italy’s insurance and financial group controlled by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. ‘The agreement …
Global concern about the debt crisis rocking the euro zone mounted on Wednesday, with Washington sending a top U.S. Treasury envoy to Europe and G20 officials discussing the turmoil in a conference call. A day after investors pushed the risk …
Even though Ireland’s financial crisis continues to make headlines, it’s not by any means a national meltdown, and it doesn’t appear to pose a threat to any of the re/insurance companies and brokers, who have substantial operations in the country. …
