Swiss Re warns of $44bn loss scenario from Chinese flood and storm surge

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With its large economy and over half of its manufacturing centres exposed to flood risk, China represents a much bigger risk to insurers than Thailand, according to a new report from Swiss Re.

It found that industrial flood loss potential in high growth markets is enormous and urgent work is needed to develop more detailed flood hazard and exposure information in these markets, as well as

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