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17:26 Payments to insurers for losses caused by lightning strikes in 2011 exceeded $ 1 billion | |
 Citizens of the United States in 2011 brought an insurance company 186,000 claims for compensation after their property damaged lightning. The total amount of claims relating to such statements made about $ 1 billion, according to the Research Center of Insurance Information Institute, relied upon by the Prime. Despite the fact that the number of claims related to a lightning strike in 2011 was reduced by 13%, compared with the 2010, total claims rose by 5.5%. The trend in 2011 there was a long time: from 2004 to 2011 the number of applications for insurance payments fell by 33%, but the average declared value has jumped by 93%. Researchers explain the reduction in the number of claims increased use of security systems from lightning, lightning conductors. The cost of such insurance coverage as provided in regulations is growing because the number and cost of electronic devices in homes have increased significantly. Plasma screens and TVs with high definition, home theater, several computers, smart phones, game consoles and many other expensive devices, which can break from power surges, still added to the losses to insurance companies.
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