GenevaLunch » natural disasters http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no US weather catastrophes will cost at least $295m, says Zurich Rehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/us-weather-catastrophes-will-cost-at-least-295m-says-zurich-re/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/us-weather-catastrophes-will-cost-at-least-295m-says-zurich-re/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:56:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59001 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The unusually high number of very severe weather events in the United States in April and May of this year will cost Zurich Re at least $295 million, for both Zurich North America and Farmers Re, the company says in a 20 June statement. This initial estimate, net of reinsurance and pre-tax, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/us-weather-catastrophes-will-cost-at-least-295m-says-zurich-re/feed/ 0 World’s disaster costs highest everhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/29/worlds-disaster-costs-highest-ever/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/29/worlds-disaster-costs-highest-ever/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:27:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55868 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Natural catastrophes and manmade economic disasters cost the world $218 billion in 2010, more than three times the cost in 2009, Swiss Re, the Zurich reinsurer, said 29 March. The loss of lives, 308,000 people, was the highest since 1976 and far higher than the 2009 figure of 15,000 lives lost, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/29/worlds-disaster-costs-highest-ever/feed/ 0 Swiss aim to play key role in world disaster reductionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/09/swiss-aim-to-play-key-role-in-world-disaster-reduction/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/09/swiss-aim-to-play-key-role-in-world-disaster-reduction/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:12:54 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53719 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland will take part Thursday 10 February in a special UN debate in New York on global disaster reduction as part of its determination to play an increasingly stronger role in the field, a key part of Switzerland’s foreign relations programme. The debate focuses on how to take better account of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/09/swiss-aim-to-play-key-role-in-world-disaster-reduction/feed/ 0 Ten warmest years on record: all of them since 1998http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/20/ten-warmest-years-on-record-all-of-them-since-1998/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/20/ten-warmest-years-on-record-all-of-them-since-1998/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:39:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=52649 GenevaLunch.com 2010 equal to 2005 and 1998, confirms global warming trend Extreme weather events listed but no direct link made (video, El Niño, La Niña) Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Those who thought 2010 was hotter than usual were right: it was one of the warmest years on record, sharing the top hot slot with 2005 and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/20/ten-warmest-years-on-record-all-of-them-since-1998/feed/ 1 Swiss Re, Zurich Financial profitable despite world’s catastrophes (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/06/swiss-re-profitable-despite-worlds-catastrophes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/06/swiss-re-profitable-despite-worlds-catastrophes/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 08:19:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=41473 GenevaLunch.com Swiss Re and Zurich Financial report earnings Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies, reported profits up 22 percent to $158 million (CHF175m) during the first three months of 2010, despite several natural disasters around the world. This is the first time that Swiss Re has reported its figures [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/06/swiss-re-profitable-despite-worlds-catastrophes/feed/ 0 WMO says early warning of extreme weather does save liveshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/14/wmo-says-early-warning-of-extreme-weather-does-save-lives/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/14/wmo-says-early-warning-of-extreme-weather-does-save-lives/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:10:31 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=29782 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Eight countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus and five in Southeast Asia are implementing early warning systems to protect against weather-related events, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Today 14 October is International  Day for Disaster Reduction, and the agency is highlighting how early warning and disaster risk reduction [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/14/wmo-says-early-warning-of-extreme-weather-does-save-lives/feed/ 0 Geneva climate meeting: new weather services framework, sets stage for Copenhagenhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/30/geneva-climate-meeting-new-weather-services-framework-set-stage-for-copenhagen/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/30/geneva-climate-meeting-new-weather-services-framework-set-stage-for-copenhagen/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:23:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=26298 GenevaLunch.com The political climate at the Geneva meeting, in particular the willingness to work together at a ministerial level, could set the stage for Copenhagen.

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