Opinion: Behind the numbers

"What's the benefit of publishing a number?" asked
our Editor-in-Chief Adam McNestrie ina column last week.
At the time we were talking about the Irma industry loss
estimate from RMS - and the fact that the industry is already now
grappling with the cost of Maria as well might seem to prove his
point.
Last week's news feels like an aeon ago at this point in an
action-packed hurricane season.
But these numbers will be unpicked and used as...