• A monsoon lightning storm strikes over Las Vegas. Claims have risen most in Texas, Georgia and Florida., Gene Blevins/Reuters
    A monsoon lightning storm strikes over Las Vegas. Claims have risen most in Texas, Georgia and Florida., Gene Blevins/Reuters
  • A jet aircraft takes off as lightning strikes across the sky during a monsoon storm at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Insurance claims for lightning strikes have surged in the US Gene Blevins/Reuters
    A jet aircraft takes off as lightning strikes across the sky during a monsoon storm at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Insurance claims for lightning strikes have surged in the US Gene Blevins/Reuters
  • A bolt of lightning hits the antenna on top of One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York. Gary Hershorn/EPA
    A bolt of lightning hits the antenna on top of One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York. Gary Hershorn/EPA
  • Lightning strikes during a thunder storm as tornado survivors search for salvagable stuffs at their devastated home in 2013. Jewel Samad/AFP
    Lightning strikes during a thunder storm as tornado survivors search for salvagable stuffs at their devastated home in 2013. Jewel Samad/AFP
  • Lightning strikes north of Macworth Island in Portland, Maine. Robert Bukaty/AP
    Lightning strikes north of Macworth Island in Portland, Maine. Robert Bukaty/AP

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Bolts from the blue spark surge in US insurance claims – in pictures

Liz Claus

June 22, 2016

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The average insurance claim for lightning damage jumped 7.4 percent last year to US$7,947 in the United States as people filled their homes with more expensive electronics. Florida, Georgia and Texas had the most claims, said the Insurance Information Institute.

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