Join our Whatsapp channel ZURICH: In a year set to be declared the hottest on record, natural disasters caused$ 310 billion in economic losses globally in 2024, as climate change increasingly takes its toll, Swiss Re said on Thursday. The estimated economic losses from natural disasters were six-percent higher than in 2023, which currently stands as the hottest year ever, the Zurich-based reinsurance giant said in a statement.Of the total, insured losses swelled by 17 per cent year-on-year to$ 1