XL To Take $139M Charge For Tsunami, Storm Claims

NU Online News Service, Jan. 21, 3:19 p.m. EST?XL Capital Ltd. reported that it expects to take an after-taxcharge of some $139 million as a result of last month's devastatingIndian Ocean tsunami and higher-than-expected losses from U.S.hurricanes.[@@]

The Bermuda-based company said that based on initial lossreports and preliminary estimates, it expects $75 million inpre-tax net losses from the tsunami that struck South Asia on Dec.26, 2004.

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