Aon Benfield sees $4.5bn insurance bill for Matthew

The catastrophe modelling unit of Aon Benfield has estimated
insured losses from Hurricane Matthew at $4.5bn.
Impact Forecasting said Matthew, which hit the US and Caribbean
last October, generated economic losses of $15bn, with more than
two-thirds of these incurred in the US.
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and insurers have
paid out nearly $4.0bn in claims so far, Impact Forecasting
said.
"Hurricane Matthew was the most intense October hurricane
in the Atlantic on record and made