While the month of January delivered no single major catastropheloss, there were enough weather events to cause close to ahalf-billion dollars in losses worldwide, according to a reportreleased by Aon Benfield.
The reinsurance broker says that winter-weather storms wreakedhavoc through Europe and the United States, while parts of Asiasuffered through rain and flooding. Combined, weather eventsthroughout the world took more than 400 lives, with the most lossof life occurring in the eastern sections of Europe—where severewinter temperatures are blamed for taking 306 lives.
The report, “January 2012 Global Catastrophe Recap” from AonBenfield's predictive-modeler Impact Forecasting, says WindstormUlli hit the United Kingdom and Scandinavia and extendedinto Germany and Denmark in the early part of the month.The storm killed two people and caused widespread damage primarilyfrom high winds.
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