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Initial hurricane Harvey loss estimates up to $20bn </h1>
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<div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas on Friday and is still causing heavy rains and flooding in the southern US state, is likely to cause insured losses below record US storms such as Sandy and Katrina, but could still cost insurers as much as $20bn with economic losses much higher, according to initial estimates. AIR Worldwide’s initial estimate has&hellip;</p>
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