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http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/06/21...n-underwriters

Insurance premiums will spike widely due to the damage from massive flooding in southern Alberta, said a spokesman for the country’s underwriters.

All Canadians will share in the pain after the impact of the worst flooding in decades is tabulated, said Steve Kee, spokesman for the Insurance Bureau of Canada.

“Insurance does spread risk out among policy owners, you’ll see increasing claims and it’s going to affect all policy holders,” Kee said Friday.

Costliest natural disasters in Canadian history
1998: Quebec-Ontario-New Brunswick ice storm: $5.4 billion
1997: Mantiboa-North Dakota flood: $3.5 billion
2011: Slave Lake fire: $700 million
2012: Calgary hail, wind storms: $552 million
2010: Calgary hai storm: $400 million
2005: Alberta floods: $400 million
1991: Calgary hail storm: $342 million
1996: Calgary hail storm: $300 million
2011: Calgary wind storm: $225 million