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Swiss Re sigma Report Estimates 1st Half 2014 Insured Losses at $21 Billion

According to preliminary estimates in a sigma report from Swiss Re, total economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters reached $44 billion in the first half of 2014. The global insurance industry covered $21 billion of these losses, down …

Golf Ball-Sized Hail Batters South African Insurers’ Earnings Outlook

Angela Dike was showing clients how to make duck red curry and chocolate spring rolls in her Thai cooking class when hail stones as big as golf balls started slamming into the 18 cars parked outside. Windscreens and headlights were …