https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Devastating earthquakes, floods, hailstorms and wildfires, along with man-made devastation, helped push global disaster costs to $175 billion (161 billion euros) last year, reinsurer Swiss Re said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170328/swiss-insurer-global-disaster-bill-doubled-in-2016 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:00:59 +0200 swiss-insurer-global-disaster-bill-doubled-in-2016 Natural and man-made disasters cost $92 billion (81.24 billion euros) in 2015, compared with $113 billion in 2014, the Swiss reinsurer Swiss Re said in a report on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160330/swiss-firm-reports-dip-in-global-disaster-bill Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:14:21 +0200 swiss-firm-reports-dip-in-global-disaster-bill Greek media has named the first fatality of the ferry disaster in Greece as Giorgos Doulis, a Greek man who had lived in Switzerland for 40 years. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141230/swiss-resident-among-greek-ferry-victims Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:04:00 +0100 swiss-resident-among-greek-ferry-victims