In efforts to continuing helping victims of last month’s deadly earthquake and tsunamis in Southeast Asia, President George W. Bush on Monday announced that former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton will lead relief efforts to raise money for …
With tales of survival few and far between, health ministry officials in Indonesia have now said the death toll in that country from last Sunday’s killer earthquake and tsunamis has topped 94,000. With those recently released figures, officials now report …
Just as the disaster that struck 12 countries around the Indian Ocean was unprecedented, so too has been the response from around the world to the calls for help. Private citizens, companies and the World Bank have already collected over …
Swiss Re has released a statement indicating that it expects its claims for the tsunamis in the Indian Ocean to be below CHF 100 million ($88.5 million). “On 26 December 2004 near the North of Indonesia, an earthquake with a …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a bulletin stating that it does not expect Australian general insurers to be materially affected by the cost of insurance claims arising from the Indian Ocean tsunami that struck Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, …
President George W. Bush told Asian leaders that the United States is committed to helping their countries following Sunday’s earthquake and killer tsunamis that have killed more than 60,000 people. The following is a transcript of a statement by President …
As scenes of utter devastation played across the world’s television screens, local authorities and volunteer rescue workers continued the grim job of collecting and burying the bodies of the victims who perished in the massive onslaught of tidal waves in …
A powerful undersea earthquake near the island of Sumatra triggered the worst series of tidal waves, or tsunamis, in living memory. Preliminary estimates put the death toll at 23,000. Sri Lanka posted the worst losses with more than 11,000 people …
Aviva Plc., the U.K.’s largest insurer, announced that it plans to increase its offshoring capacity by moving some 950 jobs offshore “to service its existing Norwich Union businesses.” The group has already created some 3700 jobs in India. It expects …
A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the ‘A-‘ (Excellent) rating of Lloyd’s Syndicate 570 and the ‘A’ (Excellent) ratings of Syndicates 609 and 382. Syndicate 570 is managed by Atrium Underwriters Limited. Best said the outlook was positive …
