2017 catatsrophes News

A.M. Best Calculates P/C Insurers’ Underwriting Loss for 2017

Rating agency A.M. Best expects the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to post a second consecutive underwriting loss in 2017, driven mainly by catastrophe losses. The expected net underwriting loss for 2017 of $29.3 billion — which follows a $6.5 billion …

2017’s Natural Hazards and the Destruction They Brought: CoreLogic

CoreLogic’s annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis shows that 2017 was a year of relatively average activity for most U.S. natural hazards with the exception of wildfires in California and flooding from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The annual report …