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Article	Source	Date
Zurich explains liability rate rises	Insurance Day	13 Feb 2002
Liability claims push WTC loss up sharply	Insurance Day	13 Feb 2002
How long will the hard market last?	Insurance Day	23 Jan 2002
COMPANIES & FINANCE UK - Insurer doubles WTC estimates	Financial Times	23 Jan 2002
Renewed scheme for airlines hit by insurance costs	Financial Times	22 Jan 2002
Post-September 11 market chaos grips US carriers	Insurance Day	22 Jan 2002
WTC Loss Estimates Drop on Clearer Claims Information	Best Wire	17 Jan 2002
Insurance rates soar up to 100% after attacks	Financial Times	16 Jan 2002
Terror talks urgent	Post Magazine	10 Jan 2002
Post-WTC risk call	Post Magazine	10 Jan 2002
Allianz, Chubb Join Fight to Prove WTC Attack Is Single Loss	Bestwire	04 Jan 2002
Silverstein bids to widen the scope of WTC lawsuit	Insurance Day	03 Jan 2002
US security fee to fund air security	Insurance Day	02 Jan 2002
Terror, Mold and More - Was WTC Disaster One Insured Event or Two?	Bestwire	31 Dec 2001
Hannover Re reveals further capital boost	Insurance Day	19 Dec 2001
April 30 deadline for Silverstein and Swiss Re	Insurance Day	19 Dec 2001
Lloyd's A-rating is affirmed by AM Best	Insurance Day	19 Dec 2001
Axa confident despite decline	Insurance Day	19 Dec 2001
Billion Pound Plus Increase pushes Lloyds market to largest ever size.	Lloyds	12 Dec 2001
S&P Withdraws Arig Reinsurance 'BB+' Ratings	Standards & Poors	11 Dec 2001
House backs insurance cover for terrorist acts	FT.COM	30 Nov 2001
Lloyd's puts loss from attacks on US at £1.9bn	Financial Times	28 Nov 2001
Lloyds Broker Market Update	Lloyds	28 Nov 2001
Lloyd's Ratings Remain on Watch Negative Following Revised Loss Estimates	Standards & Poors	27 Nov 2001
Fitch comments of Sharp Increase of Lloyds of London's own WTC's Loss Projection	Fitch	27 Nov 2001
A.M. Best Maintains Under Review Status of Lloyd’s Rating	A M Best	27 Nov 2001
40%  Additional Premium Income Will Offset WTC Losses	Lloyds	27 Nov 2001
COMPANIES & FINANCE UK - Lloyd's losses could near-double after US attack.	Financial Times	26 Nov 2001
Lloyds Broker Market Update	Lloyds	19 Nov 2001
COMPANIES & FINANCE EUROPE - Munich Re to inject $1bn into US arm	Financial Times	16 Nov 2001
Lloyd's to use special cover for US attacks	The Times	15 Nov 2001
Buffett Explains Berkshire Hathaway's Slide in 3rd Quarter	A M Best	12 Nov 2001
Insurance Company Ratings Could Suffer in Federal-State Squeeze on Terrorism Risk	Standards & Poors	12 Nov 2001
Zurich puts $200minto Endurance	Lloyds List	09 Nov 2001
Now capacity and appetite are issues	Insurance Day	06 Nov 2001
WTC Property Claims Reach $16.6 Billion.	Bestwire	05 Nov 2001
S&P Upgrades QBE's Ratings to 'A' - Off CreditWatch	Standards & Poors	02 Nov 2001
Reinsurance rates set to go up again next year	Business Day	01 Nov 2001
Lloyd's upset as agency downgrades syndicates	Financial Times	01 Nov 2001
Insurance Industry Solid After Terrorist Attacks	Standards & Poors	30 Oct 2001
NAIC's decision to lower the funding requirement for reinsurance liabilities	Standards & Poors	26 Oct 2001
Lloyds Funding Decision	Lloyds Press Release	26 Oct 2001
US U-turn confuses Lloyd's	Lloyds List	25 Oct 2001
Fitch Takes Negative view on Lloyds US Funding Clarification	Fitch	25 Oct 2001
Case Note: SR Business Insurance Ca v World Trade Centre Properties LLC	Kissel & Pesce	24 Oct 2001
ATTACK ON AFGHANISTAN ECONOMY - Swiss Re in legal move on double claim.	Financial Times	23 Oct 2001
Government extends its role as UK air insurer of last resort	Insurance Day	23 Oct 2001
What now? The insurance and reinsurance issues arising from the Attack	Insurance Day	23 Oct 2001
Maintenance of Insurance Ratings Depends on Mitigating Terrorism Risks	Standard & Poors	23 Oct 2001
Lloyd’s Gross Loss from Terrorist Attacks £5.4bn; Initial Liquidity Issue Addressed	Standard & Poors	23 Oct 2001
Lloyds Market Association - Update on Lloyds Market	Lloyds Market Association	19 Oct 2001
Allstate earnings disappoint	Insurance Times	19 Oct 2001
R&SA suspends new and renewal business	Insurance Times	19 Oct 2001
Hiscox raises terror loss estimate to £30m	Insurance Day	19 Oct 2001
Mapfre expects profits similar to 2000 level	Insurance Day	19 Oct 2001
Fresh funds will be needed to cope with terror loss	Insurance Day	18 Oct 2001
Munich Re in favour of German terror pool	Insurance Day	18 Oct 2001
Lloyd’s funding concession ‘is only temporary’	Insurance Day	18 Oct 2001
Japanese trio about-face on terror claims	Insurance Day	18 Oct 2001
Hartford Faces Operating Loss	Insurance Day	18 Oct 2001
US summit for insurers	Insurance Day	18 Oct 2001
Aggregation of US terror losses: when will industry have answer?	Insurance Day	18 Oct 2001
Attacks cost Citigroup $700m in after-tax loss	Insurance Day	18 Oct 2001
Lloyd's asks Names to pay £246m for attacks	Daily Telegraph	18 Oct 2001
17 Oct 2001: World Trade Center - Lloyd’s Market Update	Lloyds	17 Oct 2001
US insurer pressure has Indian knock-on	Insurance Day	17 Oct 2001
Energy sector ‘not immune to the WTC after-effects’	Insurance Day	17 Oct 2001
Terrorism issues set to dominate APEC meeting	Insurance Day	17 Oct 2001
Lloyd’s ‘2001 loss £2.1bn’	Insurance Day	17 Oct 2001
Mixed response to US terror cover	Insurance Day	17 Oct 2001
Fitch says cat bond issues could top $2bn	Insurance Times	16 Oct 2001
QBE announces share issue	Insurance Times	16 Oct 2001
S&P revises CreditWatch implications on Le Mans Ré	Insurance Times	16 Oct 2001
Fitch announces loss estimates for Lloyd's	Insurance Times	16 Oct 2001
Terror Attacks - Deciding on Number of Events Is Crucial to Coverage	Best Week	16 Oct 2001
Trade Centre mogul hires legal eagle	Telegraph	16 Oct 2001
Terror attacks may speed up change to e-com	Insurance Day	16 Oct 2001
Axa Corporate set to take tough underwriting stance	Insurance Day	16 Oct 2001
Catastrophe bond surge expected	Insurance Day	16 Oct 2001
Axa hope for new deal on World Cup cover	Insurance Day	16 Oct 2001
ING cuts earnings forecast	Insurance Times	15 Oct 2001
Amlin revises US terrorist attacks loss estimate	Insurance Times	15 Oct 2001
US insurance safety net to be revealed soon	Insurance Times	15 Oct 2001
Lloyd's opens books to US investigators	Insurance Times	15 Oct 2001
The Premium on Terror	Mail on Sunday	14 Oct 2001
Although trivial beside the human cost, much art was lost on September 11th	Economist	13 Oct 2001
Disaster Office - WTC Claims Approach 14,000	Best Week	12 Oct 2001
US regulators set to relax Lloyd's rules	Financial Times	12 Oct 2001
US insurer Allstate warns on lower Q3 profits	Insurance Times	12 Oct 2001
Moody's downgrades Limit syndicate	Insurance Times	11 Oct 2001
Pakistan urged to help protect shipowners	Insurance Times	11 Oct 2001
S&P lowers ratings on CNA	Insurance Times	11 Oct 2001
Moody's downgrades syndicate 1173	Insurance Times	11 Oct 2001
R&SA revises WTC loss estimates	Insurance Times	11 Oct 2001
UN says WTC attacks to cost world economy £230bn	Insurance Times	11 Oct 2001
Insurers accused of over-reacting to WTC attacks	Insurance Times	10 Oct 2001
Zurich terror losses up	Insurance Day	10 Oct 2001
Corporates call for help in covering risks	Insurance Day	10 Oct 2001
Leisure under threat	Insurance Times	09 Oct 2001
Retro rates to rise 1,000%	Insurance Times	09 Oct 2001
Terrorist acts a ‘watershed’	Insurance Times	09 Oct 2001
Willis deal to cover airlines – at a price	Insurance Times	09 Oct 2001
Life after Sept 11: no capacity crisis	Insurance Day	09 Oct 2001
IWTC disaster a shake-up for risk management	Insurance Times	09 Oct 2001
Insurers accused of over-reacting to WTC attacks	Insurance Times	09 Oct 2001
USA: A.M. Best Affirms Group Rating of GeneralCologne Re Core Affiliates	Best Wire	08 Oct 2001
USA: Bill to Set Up Federally Backed Terrorism Reinsurance Pool	Best Week	08 Oct 2001
UK: Business - In brief - Reinsurance costs rise by 25 per cent.	Observer	07 Oct 2001
USA: A.M. Best Affirms Munich Re Group's Financial Strength and Debt Ratings.	Business Wire	05 Oct 2001
USA: Fight Against Terror Economy and Investigation - S&P hits at gloom over reinsurance prospects	Financial Times	05 Oct 2001
XL Capital Announces Gross Claims and Reinsurance Recoverables For Attack on the United States	PR Newswire	04 Oct 2001
UK: Copenhagen Re rating cut is response to terrorism	Insurance Day	04 Oct 2001
USA: Wellington and Trenwick revise WTO losses	Insurance Day	04 Oct 2001
USA: Fear of reinsurance failures downplayed	Insurance Day	04 Oct 2001
USA: AIG Unit Already Has Sep 11 Hit, Now Sees Swissair Cost	AIG	04 Oct 2001
USA: Fight Against Terror Economy and Investigation - S&P hits at gloom over reinsurance prospects	Financial Times	03 Oct 2001
USA: S&P Bulletin - CIGNA Corp. Announces WTC Loss Estimate	Standard & Poor's	02 Oct 2001
Lloyd’s Liquidity Challenge	Insurance Day	02 Oct 2001
'Api' Ratings Withdrawn on Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. (U.K.) Ltd	Standard & Poor's	02 Oct 2001
US attacks present ‘a setback’ for local short-term insurers	Business Report	01 Oct 2001
Assurers seek to calm fears on US	Business Day	01 Oct 2001
USA: Alleghany Corp.'s Insurance Unit Expects $112 Million in Terror Losses	Bestwire	01 Oct 2001
USA: World Trade Center Attacks - QBE the Americas Update	PR Newswire	01 Oct 2001
USA: Life industry confident of meeting hefty claims	FT.com	01 Oct 2001
Press Release: Lloyd's to Increase Central Assets Over Two Years	Lloyd's	28 Sept 2001
USA: A.M. Best Comment and Rating Implications - Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks	Bestwire	27 Sept 2001
USA: Regulators Give Foreign Reinsurers Relief on U.S. Trust Funds	Bestwire	27 Sept 2001
UK: US Tragedy - News - Willis - WTC was covered	Post Magazine	27 Sept 2001
UK: Postscript - WTC clearance claim restrictions	Post Magazine	27 Sept 2001
St Paul Press Release	St Paul	27 Sept 2001
Press Release - Ratings on Converium Holding's Subsidiaries on Watch Neg After U.S. Sept. 11 Losses	Standard & Poor's	27 Sept 2001
Insurers Push for U.S. Relief In Tax Breaks, Emergency Pool	Wall Street Journal Europe	27 Sept 2001
Press Release - Ratings on Germany's Gerling Group Placed on Watch Neg as U.S. Insurance Losses Add Up	Standard & Poor's	26 Sept 2001
Catlin Underwriting Agencies - Claims Arising from the Terrorist Attacks in the USA on 11 September 2001	Catlin Underwriting Agencies	26 Sept 2001
Briefing Note to the Lloyd’s Market	Lloyd's	26 Sept 2001
Press Release - Lloyd's Confirms Level of Exposure to US Attacks	Lloyd's	26 Sept 2001
Lloyd's of London has confirmed its loss exposure as $1.9bn	The Insurance Insider	26 Sept 2001
Hiscox announces stronger interims	Insurance Times	25 Sept 2001
Moody's outlook for insurers turns negative	Insurance Times	25 Sept 2001
US Government Could be Terrorism Insurer	The Times	25 Sept 2001
Could it Happen Here?	Insurance Times	25 Sept 2001
St Paul estimates losses from US attacks	Insurance Times	25 Sept 2001
AM Best downgrades Lloyd's	Insurance Times	25 Sept 2001
Airline grounded due to higher insurance premiums	Insurance Times	25 Sept 2001
Expected losses at AXA rise	Insurance Times	24 Sept 2001
Airlines' insurance - deal reached	Insurance Times	24 Sept 2001
Fox-Pitt Kelton estimates total WTC losses	Insurance Times	24 Sept 2001
Lloyd's losses on World Trade Center revealed	Insurance Times	24 Sept 2001
Fitch places SCOR on Rating Watch Negative	Insurance Times	24 Sept 2001
Copenhagen Re suspends underwriting, QBE downrated	Insurance Times	24 Sept 2001
USA Terror Attacks – update	The Insurance Insider	24 Sept 2001
S&P explains ZFS downgrade	Insurance Times	24 Sept 2001
S&P lowered its financial strength rating to A, from A+	Lloyd's List	24 Sept 2001
Lloyd's downgraded by Standard & Poor's	Insurance Times	24 Sept 2001
September 11 2001: Implications for the Insurance Industry	Tillinghast & Towers Perrin	24 Sept 2001
USA: A.M. Best Downgrades Rating of Lloyd's, Places Under Review	ambest.com	24 Sept 2001
Premiums up	Facilities Business	22 Sept 2001
Association of Lloyd's Members - Letter from the Chairman	Association of Lloyd's Members	21 Sept 2001
Moody's: Most Life Insurers' Ratings Should Survive	Insurance Times	21 Sept 2001
S&P to put Insurers on CreditWatch Negative	Insurance Times	21 Sept 2001
Allianz and Berkshire Raise Loss Estimates	Insurance Times	21 Sept 2001
Kiln Shares Slump as it Announces Interim Results	Insurance Times	21 Sept 2001
Chaucer Holdings Estimates Losses from WTC Attack	Insurance Times	21 Sept 2001
Hardy says US Attacks won't Affect Results	Insurance Times	21 Sept 2001
R&SA Confirms Loss Estimates	Insurance Times	21 Sept 2001
Fitch Downgrades Lloyd's	Insurance Times	21 Sept 2001
QBE shareprice recovers	Insurance Times	21 Sept 2001
Euclidian: Anticipated Loss from US Attacks	Insurance Times	20 Sept 2001
Munich Re and Swiss Re Raise Loss Forecasts	Insurance Times	20 Sept 2001
Airlines not prepared	Insurance Times	18 Sept 2001
Tragedy in New York: the Insurance Story	Insurance Times	18 Sept 2001
Planning for the Worst - What the WTC can Teach Us	Insurance Times	18 Sept 2001
Business recovery	Insurance Times	18 Sept 2001
Lloyd's Prepared for War, if Only by Definition	Insurance Times	18 Sept 2001
Middle East Shipping Premiums to Soar	Insurance Times	18 Sept 2001
Reinsurance Rates Soar	Insurance Times	18 Sept 2001