This year was a "benign year" for catastrophe-related losses for insurers and cost property insurers worldwide only $15 billion according to preliminary Swiss Re estimates.
The Zurich-based firm said 2006 produced the third lowest level of catastrophe costs to insurers in the last 20 years.
Swiss Re said its data indicates natural and man-made catastrophes triggered total economic losses of around $40 billion.
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