Insurers demand urgent action to reduce risk from natural disasters

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Leading companies sign declaration outlining $190bn annual bill for natural disasters over the past decade

Leading insurers have called on governments to step up efforts to build resilience against natural disasters, after facing average economic losses from disasters in the last decade of $190bn a year...

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