Secondary Perils Are Increasing Share of U.S. Catastrophe Losses January 24, 2022 Secondary peril events such as wildfires, tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are becoming more impactful and generating an increasingly larger amount...
Tornadoes Have Pushed Insurers’ Weather Claims Above $105B for 2021 December 21, 2021 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Devastation from tornadoes that slammed parts of the United States this month will push the insurance industry’s 2021 bill for...
Insured Severe Weather Losses in U.S. Already Top $20B for 2021 November 15, 2021 Annual U.S. severe weather insured losses for 2021 have surpassed $20 billion after a rough October, even before the year...
AIR Says Hurricane Ida Insurance Losses Could Reach $30 Billion September 13, 2021 Modeling firm AIR Worldwide has updated its insured loss estimates for Hurricane Ida and now projects that Ida’s insured industry...
Weather Catastrophes Growing in Numbers and Damages But Taking Fewer Lives September 7, 2021 By Seth Borenstein and Jamey Keaten Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in...
AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses for Hurricane Ida Could Be Up to $25 Billion September 3, 2021 Insurance industry insured losses to onshore property resulting from Hurricane Ida’s winds and storm surge will range from $17 billion...
German Insurers’ 2021 Claims Could Reach €11.5B ($13.6B) After Floods, Hail September 2, 2021 German insurers face claims of about 11.5 billion euros ($13.6 billion) in 2021 after extensive flooding and hail storms, Germany’s...
Insured Damage From Germany’s Deadly July Floods Estimated at €7B ($8.2B) August 27, 2021 Devastating floods in western Germany last month likely caused insured damage to the tune of about 7 billion euros ($8.2...
KCC Estimates Insured Loss From Hurricane Grace: $300M in Mexico, $30M in Caribbean August 26, 2021 Catastrophe modeling firm the Karen Clark & Company (KCC) estimates that the insured loss to onshore properties from Hurricane Grace...
Why Snow, Hail and Wildfire Are Expensive for Insurance Industry August 17, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman If you’re having trouble wrapping your mind around the spree of natural catastrophes currently plaguing the world—from deadly July floods...