Insurers to Pay Record Disaster Damages
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Natural disasters will  cost insurers a record $35 billion this year, after hurricanes  lashed the Caribbean and southeastern United States and a  record 10 typhoons soaked Japan in events seen as linked to  global warming, climate experts said on Wednesday.
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Insurers could face their biggest ever hurricane damages bill following a spate of storms in the Caribbean, an industry body says.
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Hurricane Charley, the worst storm to hit the US in over a decade, will cost insurers just $7.4bn, one insurance expert estimates.
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Chinese insurers have paid more than 1.2 billion yuan, or $165 million, for deaths and damage from snowstorms that killed at least 107 people, said officials quoted Wednesday by a state news agency.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. Aug. 19, 2004  It took years for many insurance claims to be paid following Hurricane Andrew in 1992. This time, technology is helping speed along the claims process for residents hardest hit by Hurricane Charley.
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European insurers face new costs and travel firms could lose business after tsunami waves killed more than 21,500 in Asia this weekend, but the financial impact is expected to be limited compared with other ...
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Hurricane Frances, the most recent hurricane to hit Florida, likely will result in $2 billion to $10 billion in insured losses, according to credit rating agency Fitch Ratings.
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Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world&#39;s second-largest reinsurer, expects its claims from the Asian tsunami disaster to total less than 100 million francs ($88 million).
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Lloyd's of London, the world's largest insurance company, said Wednesday it expects to pay about 100 million pounds (&#36;188 million) in claims related to Asia's tsunami.
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Natural disasters cost insurers $42 billion this year, making 2004 the costliest ever for the industry, even before tsunamis struck tourist resorts in Thailand and Malaysia, the Insurance Information Institute said.
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U.S. property and casualty insurers are expected to pay $6.5 billion in losses from 23 catastrophes during 2007, much of it from California wildfires, according to ISO, a company that supplies statistical information for the industry.
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Individuals and governments donated a record $17 billion to help disaster victims in 2005, the international Red Cross said in its annual report Thursday.
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European insurers face new costs and travel companies could lose business after tsunamis killed more than 22,000 in southern Asia this weekend, but the financial
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The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), the group from which member companies write about a third of Florida homeowners insurance, said initial reports from claims adjusters indicate damage from Hurricane Charley, while extensive, was ...
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Nations and businesses pledge aid to areas hit by Sunday's disaster.
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The tsunami catastrophe in south Asia  has caused economic damage in excess of 10 billion euros ($13.6  billion), a top risk researcher at Munich Re, the world's  largest reinsurer, was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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Insurers are braced to pay out at  least $5 billion in claims for devastation caused by Hurricane  Charley, making the storm the second most costly after  Hurricane Andrew, industry and government officials said on  Monday.