H1 2017 saw most US cats since 1980: Verisk

Flash floods inundated parts of several US cities this week,
causing millions of dollars in damage in San Antonia, Kansas City
and New Orleans - where Louisiana governor John Edwards declared a
state of emergency today.
The flood events come after a challenging first half of the year
for US cat losses.
Verisk Analytics estimates that catastrophes in the US produced
$15bn in insured losses in the six months through June, up 10
percent from last year and the most...