US Insured Losses For December 2015's Run Of Extreme Weather Likely To Top $4 Billion

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Extreme weather in the United States during the last 10 days of December could bring insured losses for the month to more than $2 billion, reinsurance broker Aon Benfield said on Wednesday.

At least 64 people were killed in the United States as a result of tornadoes, flooding, snowfall, hail and winds during that period, Aon Benfield said in its monthly global catastrophe report.

Economic losses in the United States from natural disasters were likely to total more than $4 billion for the whole month, it added.

Flooding is continuing, with Tennessee residents bracing for the rapidly rising Mississippi River to crest within days.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-insurance-idUSKBN0UK1WO20160106

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1. Just the beginning

Of climate change.

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2. Here's an interesting page from the Insurance Information Institute

Some of it goes to 2015.

http://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/catastrophes-us