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US winter storms estimated to cost $2bn
Catastrophe risk modeling firm Eqecat said Friday afternoon (eastern time) that it estimates insured losses resulting from two February winter storms in the eastern United States will exceed $2bn, based on a preliminary assessment.
White Mountains reports earnings jump
White Mountains Insurance Group, the Bermudian (re)insurer, reported fourth quarter net income of $100m, up from a net loss of $213m at the same time in 2008.
Storms hammer Los Angeles
Southern California has been hit by a stream of storms, Reuters reports.
Kentucky storms could cost $1.2bn - report
January's storms could be costly to insurers, the Kentucky Public Service Commission has reportedly said
US storms may cost insurers 'hundreds of millions of dollars'
The US storms that wreaked havoc' across the US could cost insurers heavily, Guy Carpenter has said.
ABI warns of 14% rise in annual insured flood losses by 2060
Director of general insurance and health Nick Starling said the finding have "serious implications".