Jerry Frank - Friday 12 September 2008
RANSOM costs paid to pirate raiders off Somalia could spiral to $50m this year, fuelling copy cat attacks and a specialist underwriting boom in London.
Lloyd’s insurer Hiscox says the frequency of abductions is now “unprecedented” and estimates total pay outs in 2008 could range from anything between $25m-$50m.
Robert Davies...
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