Record Western Wildfires a Contrast in Otherwise Quiet Year for U.S. Natural Disasters January 28, 2016 By Don Jergler It was a relatively quiet year for natural disasters – except for those living in the Western U.S. Property data...
Insurance Department Tally on California Wildfires $1B January 26, 2016 By Janie Har Damage from two destructive Northern California wildfires that killed six and sent thousands fleeing their homes topped $1 billion in...
Insured Nat Cat Losses 31% Below Average During 2015: Aon Benfield Report January 14, 2016 Global natural disasters in 2015 caused a combined total insured loss of $35 billion – 31 percent below the 15-year...
Dallas-Area Tornadoes Account for a Big Chunk of December Insured Losses in U.S. January 7, 2016 A recently released report shows that damage estimates from the natural disaster events that occurred in the United States in...
Swiss Re 2015 Economic Cat Loss Initial Estimates = $85Bn; $32Bn Insured December 18, 2015 Swiss Re’s latest sigma report preliminarily estimates that total economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters will reach approximately...
California Wildfire Claims Top $1B as Peak Season Begins: Report October 8, 2015 A report forecasts claims from two California wildfires last month will exceed $1 billion. Wildfires in 2015 have caused more...
AIR Analyzes Taiwan, China Damages, Losses from Typhoon Dujuan September 30, 2015 Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports that Typhoon Dujuan made landfall on northeast coast of Taiwan with high winds and...
AIR Estimates Insured Losses from Chile Earthquake at $600M to $900M September 22, 2015 Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that insured losses from the Magnitude 8.3 earthquake that struck Chile’s central coast near...
2014 Insured Losses Hit Lowest Level in Five Years: Guy Carpenter February 26, 2015 Insured losses in 2014 were at the lowest level seen since 2009, according to Guy Carpenter’s annual Global Catastrophe Review....
RMIIA: Colorado Hailstorm Caused $213M in Insured Losses October 15, 2014 Insurers say a hailstorm last month carried a hefty price tag. Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association spokeswoman Carole Walker said...