LONDON (AP) — Shares in some of the world's biggest reinsurance companies took a pounding Friday on fears that the earthquake in Japan and the subsequent tsunami will cost them dearly.
By early afternoon Friday, they were leading many of Europe's major stock indexes lower. Among the major fallers were Swiss Re and Munich Re, which were both trading around 6 percent lower. Hannover Re was also down around 5 percent.
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