Insurers face $22bn bill from first half nat cat losses, says Aon Benfield
The $22bn (£16.9bn) in insurer payouts from first half nat cat losses is 35% lower than the ten year average of $35bn according to Impact Forecasting - Aon Benfield's catastrophe modeling team.
Altogether global economic nat cat losses were $53bn - 53% lower than the 10-year average of $122bn.
Severe convective storms, predominantly in the US, were the costliest types of disaster.
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