H1 disaster claims drop by a third

Insured disaster losses for the first half of 2017 have come in
$10bn below the 10-year average at $23bn, which was also down by 36
percent from a year earlier, according to Swiss Re's latest
Sigma report.
Most of the losses were due to US thunderstorms, with these
events making up four of the top five catastrophe claims in the
half-year.
The most costly event was the four days of hailstorms and
thunderstorms in Colorado in May, which produced insured...