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The company said the total economic cost last year from natural disasters -- including uninsured losses -- totaled about $380 billion. That was far above the 2005 record of $220 billion.
Japan's earthquake and tsunami in March caused insured losses of up to $40 billion. The second most costly disaster for insurers, at $13 billion, was the February quake that hit the New Zealand city of Christchurch.
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