Japan calamity: Government may bear most of quake losses
Wed, 16/03/2011 - 16:24 by Anter Prakash Singh
![]() Much of the losses caused by the Friday’s earthquake and tsunami will have to be borne by the Japanese government, if we go by the past experiences. The equally shattering Kobe earthquake in 1995 had caused a total loss of nearly $100 billion but the insurance cover was for only $3 billion. |