Floods, hail, and other extreme weather events have caused Germany’s insurers losses totalling €5.7 billion ($6.2 billion) in 2023, according to insurance industry group GDV. “That’s €1.7 billion more than in 2022,” said GDV Managing Director Jörg Asmussen. “This is mainly due to severe and expensive hail damage to motor vehicles,” he said. According to the association, the registered record was €13.9 billion in 2021. The storms in August 2023 alone accounted for a quarter of the total damage, €1.5 billion, the data shows. Storm damage in Germany was high in June, but there were hardly any sev…