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RISKbitz: Recovery down to executive swine flu plans

10 February 2010

The World Reinsurance Association has declared itself pleased with the response of the reinsurance industry to the Swine Flu pandemic.

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The World Reinsurance Association (WRA) has declared itself pleased with the response of the reinsurance industry to the Swine Flu pandemic. WRA reported that all of the leading reinsurers had pandemic contingency plans in place and all had triggered the plans during the period October 2009 to December 2009.

The plans involved the most senior executives (C-level...


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