Snowstorm won’t set records for insurance claims
From the Boston.com article;
"Last week’s snowstorm may be one for the record books in terms of snowfall, but probably not in storm damage, insurers said.
Insurance companies, which were bracing for a flood of damage claims this week, said so far they have seen only a trickle compared with what followed Hurricane Sandy in October, Hurricane Irene in the summer of 2011, and the unusually early snowstorm in October 2011.
Bunker Hill Insurance Co. in Boston, for instance, said it had received only about 42 damage claims by Monday, compared with 250 on the first business day after the Halloween snowstorm of 2011. Almost all the claims have come from Southeastern Massachusetts where fierce winds downed many trees during the peak of the storm — causing damage to roofs, cars, and other property. But damage was generally light in other parts of the state."
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