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	<title><![CDATA[Natural Disasters Cost Insurers 50 Percent More In 2008]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/29/natural-disasters-cost-in_n_154004.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>BERLIN &amp;mdash; Insurers' losses from natural disasters rose by about 50 percent in 2008, with Caribbean hurricanes Ike and Gustav powering the increase and climate change increasingly a factor, a leading reinsurer said Monday.</p>

<p>Munich Re AG said in an annual review that insured losses came in at $45 billion this year, up from nearly $30 billion in 2007. It said total economic losses, including losses not covered by insurance, leapt to some $200 billion from last year's $82 billion.</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-01-29T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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