Weather, Australian fires and US plane crashes hike rates

Storm losses across Europe, fire claims in Australia and lane crashes in the US will force up insurance premiums, the Telegraph reports.

It quotes Beazley on catastrophe losses, such as the Klaus windstorm, and Allianz on UK motor losses, where bad weather has doubled the number of claims each day.

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