10 February 2016Insurance

January natural disasters cause billion-dollar damages worldwide

A severe winter storm that hit the Eastern US during the second half of January has resulted in economic losses of $2 billion, and insured losses well into the hundreds of millions, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development unit.

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