Wednesday, October 04, 2006

 

Avian Flu: The Effect Of A Pandemic On Health And Life Insurers

Worldwide epidemics (termed 'pandemics') of the respiratory disease known as influenza or 'flu' occur on a regular basis, generally two to three times per century. The last three flu pandemics occurred in 1918, 1957 and 1968. The mortality toll from such a pandemic depends on whether the particular strain of flu involved is relatively mild (as in the 1957-58 pandemic) or virulent (as in the 1918 pandemic, which is estimated to have taken between 40-50 million lives worldwide).

Avian Flu: The Effect Of A Pandemic On Health And Life Insurers
Source: Insurance News Net

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