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Tropical Storm Lionrock

01 September 2010

Lionrock has weakened slightly, is turning away from Taiwan and is forecast to make landfall over south east China in approximately 24 hours’ time. As of 03:00 UTC on Wednesday, 1 September Tropical Storm Lionrock was located near 22.6N 119.5E approximately 50 miles (80 km)...


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Catastrophe bond issuance was $4.3bn in 2011. How much new issuance will there be in 2012?

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