MUNICH RE ZURICH (Reuters) - Disasters cost insurers $54 billion (42.92 billion pounds) in 2016 and created total economic losses of $175 billion, reinsurer Swiss Re (>> Swiss Re AG) said in a revised study on Tuesday.
"The losses in 2016 – both economic and insured – were the highest since 2012 and reversed the downtrend of the last four years," the world's second-largest reinsurer said.
The group said natural catastrophes and man-made disasters claimed 11,000 lives last year.
The figures showed an increase on initial estimates provided by the group in mid-December, which placed financial losses above $158 billion and insured losses at $49 billion at least.
In its annual natural catastrophe review released in early January, Munich Re (>> Muenchener Rckvrsrngs Gsllschft Mnchn AG) said insurers paid out around $50 billion for natural disaster claims last year.
(Reporting by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi; Editing by Michael Shields)
