28 September 2015Insurance

El Niño to drive global drought losses of more than $8bn

Global drought losses will likely surpass the current forecast of $8 billion in economic damage, in part thanks to an intensifying El Niño in the coming months, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team.

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