LA Wildfire Losses Seen as High as $164 Billion, UCLA Says February 5, 2025 By John Gittelsohn Economic losses from the fires that tore through Los Angeles County in January range from $95 billion to $164 billion,...
US Economic Losses From Natural Disasters Soared in 2024 January 29, 2025 By Alex Veiga Economic losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in the U.S. last year and were above average globally, reflecting...
AccuWeather Increases Estimate of Helene’s Economic Loss to $225B-$250B October 4, 2024 AccuWeather has increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Helene in the U.S. to between...
Extreme Weather Adds to Fiscal Strains in Central Europe September 20, 2024 By Jan Lopatka, Karol Badohal and Gergely Szakacs Just a week ago, before deadly floods swept through central Europe, the Czech Republic looked on track to become the...
Delaware Supreme Court Rejects Untimely Appeal in Air Crash Lawsuit April 30, 2019 Delaware’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal in a lawsuit stemming from a 2012 airplane crash in the Congo that...
Swiss Re & Partners Unveil Initiative to Speed Economic Recovery After Cat Event January 22, 2016 Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Ltd. and Veolia have joined forces, under the auspices of The Rockefeller Foundation, to launch an...
India Floods Top Aon Benfield/Impact Forecasting’s November Cat Recap December 8, 2015 Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has issued the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report,...
Gap Between Insured & Economic Losses Offers Business Opportunities: AIR September 18, 2015 A huge global gap between disaster-related insured and economic losses presents a growth opportunity for P/C carriers, AIR Worldwide determined...
AIR Estimates Typhoon Chan-hom Insured Losses Less than $354 Million July 16, 2015 According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, insured losses in China from Typhoon Chan-hom are unlikely to exceed CNY 2.2...
Swiss Re sigma Report Estimates 1st Half 2014 Insured Losses at $21 Billion August 27, 2014 According to preliminary estimates in a sigma report from Swiss Re, total economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters...