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Hurricanes and Floods Bring $120B in 2022 Insurance Losses: Munich Re
Hurricane Ian in the United States and floods and Australia helped to make 2022 one of the costliest years on record for natural disasters, Munich Re said on Tuesday, ...
Hurricane Ian Drives Global Insured Losses of $115B From Natural Disasters: Swiss Re
Hurricane Ian and other natural catastrophes, such as European winter storms, floods in Australia, and hailstorms in France and the U.S., have cost global insurers an ...
Report: 90% of US Counties Hit with Disaster in Last Decade
Ninety percent of the counties in the United States suffered a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published last Wednesday.
Climate change has raised the cost of natural disasters, as rising sea levels and drought increase the frequency and severity of flooding and wildfires, insurers and risk ...Counting the Rising Cost of Climate Change: The Most Costly Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $39B During H1 2022, 18% More Than Average: Aon
Insured losses from global natural disaster events were estimated at $39 billion during the first half of 2022, 18 percent higher than the 21st century average of $33 billion, driven by persistent ...Natural Disasters Cost Global Economy $32B in Q1, With Only $14B Insured: Aon
Preliminary economic losses from natural hazards during the first quarter of 2022 totaled $32 billion, of which less than 50 percent (or $14 billion), was covered by public and private insurers, ...Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $116B in 2021, or 63% Higher Than Average: Gallagher Re
Insured losses from major natural catastrophes in 2021—excluding COVID-related losses—have so far reached an estimated $116 billion, the third largest total since 2011, and about 63 percent ...U.S. Sees More Deadly Billion-Dollar Disasters as Carbon Emissions Soar
The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021 while the nation's greenhouse gas emissions jumped 6 percent because ...Natural Catastrophe Losses Reached $40B in H1 2021, Hovering Near Record: Swiss Re
Estimated insured losses from natural catastrophes reached $40 billion during the first half of 2021 — driven by a deep winter freeze, hailstorms and wildfires — while man-made disasters ...