Data: Losses from world-wide natural catastrophes in 2016
by Insurance Information Institute
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Looking globally, the insurance industry has documented a dramatic increase in the number of major flood-related loss events while number of major geophysical loss events (e.g. earthquakes) has been fairly flat - a strong indicator of the influence of climate change separate from the impact of rising property values.
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