Insured Tsunami Losses Now Estimated Under $4 Billion

NU Online News Service, Jan. 31, 1:30 p.m. EST?Risk Management Solutions, a catastrophe-risk modeling firm inNewark, Calif., said overall insured losses from the Dec. 26, 2004Indian Ocean tsunamis will be below $4 billion.[@@]

This first official estimate from RMS is significantly lowerthan a previous assessment earlier this month from theInternational Underwriting Association of London, which said afterquerying its member companies that total insured losses areexpected to range between $5 billion and $10 billion.

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