Throwback Thursday: North Sea disaster; bullion raid
Insurance Post’s Throwback Thursday steps back in time to April 1980 to remind you what was going on this week in insurance history, when heavy claims were expected following a North Sea disaster and the cost of a bullion raid was being counted.
3 April 1980: Heavy claims follow North Sea disasterHeavy insurance claims were expected after an oilfield accommodation rig in the Norwegian section of the North Sea capsized.
Reports indicated the
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