United States tops the list of losses 'Alumblyaria' as a result of natural disasters

United States tops the list of losses 'Alumblyaria' as a result of natural disasters



, According to preliminary estimates published by the company "Swiss Re" to ensure that the value of economic losses in the world due to natural disasters amounted to 41 billion dollars (33 billion euros) in the first half of this year.

The Swiss company said in a statement that in the first six months of the year amounted to losses covered by insurance at the global level of $ 21 billion versus $ 25 billion in the same period last year. She explained that this figure is less than the rate at which the record for the first half of the year in the last ten years and reach 27 billion dollars.
             
The company estimates published in the Bulletin of Sigma, which is a reference to the insurance sector, and in the first half of the year, recorded economic losses caused by natural disasters and a clear decline to 41 billion dollars compared to 59 billion in the first half of last year.
             
The storms mid-May in the United States the most expensive event for the insurance companies in this period. Has paid 2.6 billion to cover the ensuing losses.
             
The storms in France, Germany and Belgium in June, which caused a lot of damage in homes and cars Vkfatt insurers $ 2.5 billion. The cost of bad weather this winter in Japan and the United States, insurance companies 2.7 billion and $ 1.7 billion respectively.
             
The losses resulting from disasters caused by humans, reaching two billion dollars. Swiss Re said that "this figure is lower than the rate recorded in the past ten years." On average, the cost of man-made disasters of four billion dollars. The last year reached five billion.