| Estimated Insured Property Losses, U.S. Catastrophes, 2007-2016 (1) |
|
| Year |
Number of
catastrophes |
Number of
claims (millions) |
Dollars when
occurred ($ billions) |
In 2016
dollars (2) ($ billions) |
| 2007 |
23 |
1.2 |
$6.7 |
$7.7 |
| 2008 |
36 |
4.1 |
27.0 |
30.4 |
| 2009 |
27 |
2.2 |
10.5 |
11.8 |
| 2010 |
33 |
2.4 |
14.3 |
15.8 |
| 2011 |
30 |
4.9 |
33.6 |
36.3 |
| 2012 |
26 |
4.0 |
35.0 |
37.0 |
| 2013 |
28 |
1.8 |
12.9 |
13.4 |
| 2014 |
31 |
2.1 |
15.5 |
15.8 |
| 2015 |
39 |
2.0 |
15.2 |
15.4 |
| 2016 |
42 |
3.0 |
21.7 |
21.7 |
(1) Includes catastrophes causing insured property losses of at least $25 million in 1997 dollars and affecting a significant number of policyholders and insurers. Excludes losses covered by the federally administered National Flood 杏吧原创 Program.
(2) Adjusted for inflation through 2016 by ISO using the GDP implicit price deflator.
Source: The Property Claim Services庐 (PCS庐) unit of ISO庐, a Verisk Analytics庐 company. |
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