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Before hitting Vietnam, Typhoon Ketsana, the weekend storm that struck the Philippines, reportedly destroyed more than 2,000 homes there and killed 240 persons, but a modeling firm said insured losses should be low.

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The Professional Insurance Wholesalers Association of New York State Inc. said Lucas Snyder was elected president of the association at its recent meeting in Pearl River, N.Y.

Eighty percent of the Philippines capital city of Manila was left underwater after the storm Ketsana, now a typhoon, struck over the weekend, catastrophe modeler Risk Management Solutions said.