Thailand flooding set to cost Lloyd's £1.4bn
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Your support makes all the difference.Thailand's worst flooding in 50 years last October will cost Lloyd's of London $2.2bn (£1.4bn), the insurance market warned yesterday.
Flooding in the country left more than 800 people dead. The floods forced more than 10,000 Thai factories to close and lay off some 350,000 staff. The whole insurance industry is facing claims totalling $15bn-$20bn. Lloyd's chief executive Richard Ward said the market would cope. "The Lloyd's market is as well-capitalised as ever. While claims from Thailand could still evolve over time, paying these is within the normal course of business... Our priority remains to assess and settle valid claims as swiftly as we can so the community and businesses in Thailand recover."
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