NU Online News Service, May 5, 12:10 p.m. EST

Aon Benfield says at least five severe weather-related events in the U.S. in April caused insured losses of more than $4 billion.

The reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp. released its monthly catastrophe report, which says tornadoes, hail and high winds in the Midwest, Plains, and South states throughout the month produced hundreds of thousands of claims and a record number of tornadoes within a 24-hour period late in the month.

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