European windstorms News

PERILS Releases Final Loss Estimate of €248M for Cyclone Thomas/Doris

Extratropical cyclone Thomas, also known as Doris in the UK and Ireland, had an insured price tag of €248 million ($305.4 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data. This fourth and final insured …

January Windstorms to Cost Europe’s Insurers More Than $2B: Aon

European windstorms Friederike, Eleanor and Carmen wreaked widespread damage in January, causing insured losses of more than $2 billion, according to a report published by Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team. Of the Atlantic storm systems that hit …

PERILS Raises Insured Loss Estimate for Germany-Austria’s Cyclone Herwart

PERILS AG has raised the loss estimate for windstorm Herwart which hit Austria and Germany on Oct. 29, 2017 to €255 million ($316.9 million). This compares to the initial loss estimate of €252 million ($313.2 million) which was issued on …

Insured Losses for Europe’s Storm Egon Finalized at $329.7M by PERILS

The final insured loss estimate for windstorm Egon, which primarily affected France and Germany on Jan. 12-13, 2017, is €275 million (329.7 million), according to PERILS AG, the independent Zurich-based company that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data. This final and …

Insured Losses for Germany-Austria’s Storm Herwart Estimated at $337.3M: PERILS

The initial insured property loss estimate for Extratropical Cyclone Herwart, which hit Austria and Germany on Oct. 29, 2017, is €252 million ($337.3 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data. In line with …

UK, Ireland’s Storm Ophelia to Cost Insurers an Estimated $70.1M: PERILS

Insurance losses for Storm Ophelia, which hit Ireland and the United Kingdom on Oct. 16-17, are estimated at €60 million (US$70.1 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data. The majority of the damage …

PERILS Insured Loss Estimates for Storm Thomas Unchanged at $293.2M

PERILS AG has disclosed its third loss estimate for windstorm Thomas, also known as Doris, which affected the British Isles, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany on Feb. 23-24, 2017. The third estimate of the property insurance market loss for Windstorm …

Windstorm Egon’s Insurance Loss Estimate Rises to US$314.7M: PERILS

The estimated property insurance losses for Windstorm Egon, which hit France and Germany on Jan. 12-13, 2017, have been revised upwards to €275 million ($314.7 million) by PERILS AG, the independent Zurich-based company that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data. The …

Insured Losses for Europe’s Windstorm Thomas Rise to $279.2M: PERILS

The latest property insured loss estimate for Windstorm Thomas, which on Feb. 23-24 hit the British Isles, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, is €249 million (US$279.2 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data. …

PERILS Releases European Windstorm Catalogue (1979-2015)

PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has released a storm catalogue containing the gust footprints of more than 200 of the largest European windstorms from the period 1979 to 2015. The windstorm catalogue was produced …