NU Online News Service, March 28, 2:01 p.m. EDT

The 2011 floods in Thailand were the most expensive flooding on Swiss Re sigma records, but a study of exposures in emerging markets around the world shows that other countries may represent even greater flood risks.

After the Thailand event, Swiss Re says it "undertook a global study to identify other emerging markets comparable toThailand, namely those with high-flood risk and recent strong economic growth."

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