. >>> as north carola conti to struggle with flooding, early assessments of damage from dead hurricane matth are star materialize. morgan bre. . >> it was the worst hurricane to hit the region in more than a decade. not quite as disastrous. the category 4 hurricane, estimates of insurance losses spiked upwards of $25 billion with experts warning matthew could be a top five storm in terms of but after the hurricane lost some strength and resisted landfall up much of the coast, estimates 1.5 millio homes and businesses likely sustained wind or storm surge damage, putting property losses between 4 and $6 billion. not including flooding, which the federal g ensures against, and lost business. it's a meaningful sum, but still relatively small, compared to a and $20 billion for . still, analysts do expect this to dent some insurers' fourth qur results. >> the hits will be meaningful, but manageable. i would expect -- to have bigger names, most likely somebody saying like an allstate, because they have such a large presence and homeowners will take some material losses. interestiny enough, yo