The rise of super-sized container vessels and the opening up of potentially hazardous routes through once-frozen Arctic waters pose the biggest new challenges to ships and their insurers, a report said.

A partly-built high-rise tower in San Francisco whose upper floors collapsed in a major fire on Tuesday was in danger of collapsing further, and a nearby apartment building remained evacuated, a fire official said on Wednesday.

A partly-built high-rise tower in San Francisco whose upper floors collapsed in a major fire on Tuesday was in danger of collapsing further, and a nearby apartment building remained evacuated, a fire official said on Wednesday.

Shares in Swiss Re pared gains after the Zurich-based reinsurer denied that Fiat's founding Agnelli family is poised to buy a stake in the company.

Hannover Re expects to face claims totaling around $42.6 million from the apparent loss of a Malaysia Airlines' jet over the weekend, the reinsurer's chief executive said on Tuesday.

Hannover Re expects to face claims totaling around $42.6 million from the apparent loss of a Malaysia Airlines' jet over the weekend, the reinsurer's chief executive said on Tuesday.

Zurich Insurance Group will cut about 800 jobs globally to save around $250 million per year by the end of 2015 as part of a drive to reduce costs and improve profitability.

A massive air and sea search, now in its third day, has failed to find any confirmed trace of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 or the 239 people aboard.