Deutsche Welle: A report by German insurance company Munich Re says 2009 was a year of relatively few natural disasters. But it warns that climate change remains a threat in 2010 and beyond, impacting on insurance costs. In an annual look at the cost of natural disasters, Munich Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, said that natural catastrophes took many fewer lives and caused much less damage on average in 2009 than in the previous decade. It put the death toll in 2009 at "around ...

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