Estimated Insured Property Losses, U.S. Catastrophes, 2008-2017 (1) |
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|
Year |
Number of
catastrophes |
Number of
claims (millions) |
Dollars when
occurred ($ billions) |
In 2017 dollars (2)
($ billions) |
2008 |
36 |
4.1 |
$27.0 |
$31.0 |
2009 |
27 |
2.2 |
10.5 |
12.0 |
2010 |
33 |
2.4 |
14.3 |
16.1 |
2011 |
30 |
4.9 |
33.6 |
37.0 |
2012 |
26 |
4.0 |
35.0 |
37.7 |
2013 |
28 |
1.8 |
12.9 |
13.6 |
2014 |
31 |
2.1 |
15.5 |
16.1 |
2015 |
39 |
2.0 |
15.2 |
15.7 |
2016 |
42 |
3.0 |
21.7 |
22.1 |
2017 |
46 |
5.2 |
101.9 |
101.9 |
(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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Program.
(2) Adjusted for inflation through 2017 by the ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Information Institute using the GDP implicit price deflator.
Source: Property Claim Services® (PCS® ), a unit of ISO® , a Verisk Analytics® company; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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