Storm claims in France and Continental Europe

CGU announces that its first preliminary estimate of the cost of claims from the severe storms that tracked through France and other Continental European countries, from the 26 to 29 December 1999, is estimated to be approximately £70m after reinsurance recoveries.

CGU announces that its first preliminary estimate of the cost of claims from the severe storms that tracked through France and other Continental European countries, from the 26 to 29 December 1999, is estimated to be approximately Ł70m after reinsurance recoveries.

   
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Steve Riley
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The Maitland Consultancy
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