Swiss Re Institute Preliminary Sigma Estimates: Catastrophes Cause Global Economic Losses of USD 36 Billion in the First Half of 2018
August 16, 2018
August 16, 2018
ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 16 -- Swiss Re issued the following news release:
According to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma estimates, global economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in the first half of 2018 were USD 36 billion. This figure is well below the ten-year average of USD 125 billion in economic losses and significantly lower than the losses reported for the same period a year earlier. Of the total global economic losses in the first half of 20 . . .
According to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma estimates, global economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in the first half of 2018 were USD 36 billion. This figure is well below the ten-year average of USD 125 billion in economic losses and significantly lower than the losses reported for the same period a year earlier. Of the total global economic losses in the first half of 20 . . .