** Peel Hunt says The Lloyd's insurers are likely to beexposed to commercial and industrial losses from a majorearthquake in the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on April 16
** Says no loss estimates are available from the catastrophemodelling agencies, but media reports suggest some majorfactories and plants are being closed, increasing the likelycost of contingent business interruption cover
** Says this could be the first major loss for the sector -which has an important exposure to Japan - but is likely to fallwithin the catastrophe budgets of the industry
** Lloyds insurers Beazley (-2.9 pct), Hiscox(-1.44 pct), Lancashire (+0.84 pct) and Novae (-0.17 pct) (Reuters Messaging:noor.hussain.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)
