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Special - Pandemic Related Insurance Investing - III

Thursday, April 30, 2009
The current Mexican swine flu crisis is the first major excess mortality threat since SARS in 2003, and may motivate further excess.

A SQUARE :: 30Apr09 Special - Pandemic Related Insurance Investing - III
Category Insurance
Faculty Dr. Gordon Woo
Expertise Insurance
Author Sona Blessing
Faculty Name
Pandemics occur approximately every 30 years, the most recent being in 1968.
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