Munich Re and the I.I.I. have released their list of top disasters for the first half of 2011 based on insured losses. We take a look at what made the list.
Munich Re and the I.I.I. have released their list of top disasters for the first half of 2011 based on insured losses. We take a look at what made the list.
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Insurance companies have paid more than $509 million on nearly 15,000 residential, personal and commercial claims filed after the Joplin, Mo. tornado May 22.
Bermuda's Hiscox and Montpelier Re, as well as Luxembourg's Flagstone Re, say second quarter severe weather in the U.S. cost them each tens of millions of dollars. Hiscox's estimate of losses from the Japan earthquake is now at the high end of its range.
Bermuda's Hiscox and Montpelier Re, as well as Luxembourg's Flagstone Re, say second quarter severe weather in the U.S. cost them each tens of millions of dollars. Hiscox's estimate of losses from the Japan earthquake is now at the high end of its range.
With half of 2011 already gone and virtually every region of the country stricken to some degree by natural disasters, this year is shaping up to be one of the most unique—and costly—in many years.
It has been reported that a number of the people injured as a result of the Joplin tornado have been infected with a deadly fungal infection, mucormycosis.