Tag: insured losses

Hurricane Beryl Impact on the Insurance Industry: An Early Test of Resilience

Logan B.
Hurricane Beryl

Hurricane Beryl has made history as the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, marking a turbulent start to the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Despite its initial strength and the potential for significant impact, the insurance industry has so far weathered the storm relatively well. However, the season’s outlook suggests that insurers may need to brace for more challenging weather ahead. Early Strength and Managed Impact Beryl’s rapid intensification caught the attention of meteorologists and industry experts alike. The hurricane’s path through the Caribbean caused concern, but the damage trajectory ultimately…

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What are kitty cat storms and what do they mean to home insurance?

Julie Campbell
kitty cat storms

These secondary weather systems are striking areas across the US, leaving damage behind While we tend to think of the most damaging weather that will impact home insurance as massive systems that take a long time to build and then stomp their way across the region, they’re not alone. Severe-convective storms are what the industry calls “secondary perils” The severe-convective storms, also known as kitty cat storms, are thunderstorms that build rapidly to the point of being large and powerful but disappear once again within a span of days or…

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Insurance industry sees a decline in insured losses in 2013

S.Vagus
insurance industry

Swiss Re report shows that insured losses in 2013 were lower than what they were in 2012 Swiss Re, a leading reinsurance firm, has announced that the global insurance industry has seen losses from natural disasters and man-made catastrophes fall by 44% in 2013. A calm hurricane season help insurers avoid significant losses, but powerful storms in Europe had a significant impact on the insurance industry. Despite this impact, however, insured losses industry-wide were less than what had been seen in 2012. As such, the insurance industry is expected to…

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AIR Estimates Insured Losses from Last Week’s European Windstorm Christian at Between EUR 1.5 Billion and EUR 2.3 Billion

PR Article
Windstorm Christian

BOSTON, Nov. 7, 2013 – Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that  insured losses from Windstorm Christian (known as St. Jude in the UK) will range  between EUR 1.5 billion and EUR 2.3 billion, with the majority of insured losses  occurring in Denmark and Germany. Significant insured losses also occurred in the  Netherlands, France, UK, and Sweden. “Windstorm Christian smashed into southern Britain on Monday, October 28,  knocking down trees, flooding lowlands, and disrupting travel over land, sea, and  air,” said Gerhard Zuba, senior principal scientist at AIR Worldwide.  “Gusts…

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Insurance industry faced with major losses in 2012

Logan B.
insurance industry report

Swiss Re reports on insurance industry losses from 2012 The insurance industry faced massive losses due to natural disasters and man-made catastrophes in 2012, according to Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurance firms. Over the past two years, the insurance industry has been stricken with several catastrophic events. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and an ongoing financial crisis in Europe have all served as major stumbling blocks for the global insurance industry. According to Swiss Re, many of the companies operating in the industry are still fighting to recover from such…

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