NU Online News Service, Sept. 8, 1:21 p.m. EST

Typhoon Talas could cost insurers as much as $600 million as officials search for victims of the weekend storm that slammed into western Japan and claimed more than 50 lives.

The catastrophe-modeling firm AIR Worldwide put out a report yesterday saying that insured losses from Typhoon Talas could cost between $150 million and $600 million.

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