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Largest Health Care Claims of 2011

by Paul Greve, January 6, 2012 | Posted in Health Care

The largest health care verdicts most frequently involve injured children in obstetric and pediatric cases, and this year was no different. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Largest Financial Services Claims of 2011

by Richard Magrann-Wells, January 5, 2012 | Posted in Financial Services

Headlines blazed in 2011 with stories about settlements and losses resulting from the credit crisis. But it wasn’t foreclosures and subprime issues that cost the banks the most money in the year past. It was an old bugaboo: the rogue … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Largest Aviation Claims of 2011

by Steve Doyle, January 5, 2012 | Posted in Aerospace

Aviation is a catastrophe business but thankfully 2011 has been another year without catastrophe. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Largest Executive Risks Claims of 2011

by Ann Longmore, January 4, 2012 | Posted in Directors & Officers

The case that is likely to have the most impact on executive risks and potentially on all federal class actions in the U.S. is the Wal-Mart decision. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Largest Renewable Energy Claims of 2011

by Michael Buckle, January 4, 2012 | Posted in Renewable Energy

Offshore wind insurance has fortunately not had the industrial mega claims yet, but there are a few close calls around that raise concern in the insurance sector. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Largest Chinese Claims of 2011

by Tim Mathieson, January 3, 2012 | Posted in Asia

This country suffers more than its fair share of floods and earthquakes, whilst typhoons regularly wreak havoc on southern coastal areas. Continue reading → Continue reading →

Largest Mining Claims of 2011

by Steve Higginson, January 3, 2012 | Posted in Mining

In the mining industry, the word “claim” has a rather different meaning. Continue reading → Continue reading →

2011 Airline Claims set to be Lowest on Record

by Steve Doyle, December 22, 2011 | Posted in Aerospace

As 2011 draws to a close it will, barring a major catastrophe in the next 10 days, be one of the best years on record in terms of airline claims. Continue reading →

Airline Industry Losses Hit 5-Year Low

by Steve Doyle, September 21, 2011 | Posted in Aerospace

Despite a spate of aviation losses totaling in the region of US$250 million at the end of July/early August, the airline industry had a relatively turbulent free start to the third quarter, with losses hitting a five-year low of US$794 million. Continue reading → Continue reading →