Darrel Pestana, general sales manager of Mini of Hawaii, will be the speaker Monday at the monthly Auto Lunch Bunch at the Waikiki Yacht Club located at 1599 Ala Moana Blvd. Pestana will talk about the new Mini dealership that opened on Ala Moana Boulevard as well as the current and upcoming Minis.

The 2017 John Cooper Works Turbo Hardtop and 2017 Clubman small SUV will be featured at the event.

The cost of lunch, which includes meal, iced tea, tax and tip, is $18. Only credit cards will be accepted.

To RSVP, contact Ed Kemper at 225-2965 or email him at edracers@aol.com.

Natural disasters toll was $175B in 2016

BERLIN >> Last year saw the highest costs from natural disasters since 2012, with a pair of earthquakes in Japan in April accounting for the heaviest losses, a leading insurer said Wednesday.

Losses from natural disasters worldwide totaled $175 billion last year, some $50 billion of which was covered by insurance, Munich Re said in an annual survey.

The earthquakes on Japan’s southern Kyushu island caused $31 billion worth of damage, with $6 billion of the costs covered by insurance. Floods in China in June and July caused $20 billion in costs, only $300 million of which was insured.