'Exceptional' number of severe floods propel natural disasters losses to four-year high

Madeleine Cuff
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Surge in weather-related disasters delivers hefty financial blow to insurers in 2016

Over the last three years, insurance losses from natural catastrophes such as storms, earthquakes and flooding has remained relatively low. But that reprieve came to a sharp end in 2016, according to new...

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