Insured losses in the U.S. for the first six months of the yeartotaled $8.2 billion, far below the past 15 years' average of $11.2billion, according to Munich Re's “U.S. Natural Catastrophes – First Half of 2015”report.
The Eastern United States set a new record (in terms of originalloss dollars) in winter storm damage, with $2.9 billion.
Across the country, severe thunderstorm events caused $5.1billion in insured loss.
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