Middle East flooding bears 3-digit million cost, mild insurance bill

Torrential rain and flooding in Dubai and throughout southwest Asia will ring up hundreds of millions of dollars in economic damage, but put a much smaller bill to insurers given relatively low insurance penetration, analysts at global insurance brokerage Aon have said.

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