The American death toll from last month’s killer earthquake and tsunamis in Southeast Asia was reportedly increasing to 36 on Wednesday as officials added 20 more presumed dead to the list of 16 already confirmed. According to State Department officials, …
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 …
Germany’s Allianz joined a growing list of insurance companies that are contributing to relief efforts in Southeast Asia. The company announced that it would donate 1 million euros ($1.36 million) and would reveal further details of its plans in the …
The Starr Foundation, a charitable trust managed by AIG, announced that it will donate $2.5 million to disaster recovery and humanitarian efforts in the wake of the December 26 earthquake and tsunamis in Southeast Asia. Individual donations have been earmarked …
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 …
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 …
While the death toll approached 120,000 on Thursday in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunamis that hit Southeast Asia on Sunday, The U.S. State Department continues its efforts to find thousands of Americans unaccounted for. While exact numbers …
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 …
Atlanta-based Crawford & Co., an independent provider of claims management services, has mobilized a catastrophe team in response to the Dec. 26 tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia. The company is an independent provider of claims management services with a global …
