Lloyd's sees $4.5bn impact from Harvey and Irma

Lloyd's of London has estimated that net claims from
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma could reach $4.5bn.
The warning came as Lloyd's pre-tax profitsfell by almost 17 percent to £1.22bn ($1.64bn) for the
first half of the year, despite it being a benign period for
catastrophe events and large losses.Lloyd's said in its interim report: "Windstorms Harvey
and Irma made landfall on the US and the Caribbean towards the end
of August and early September 2017 respectively.
"These events...