| Year |
Number of catastrophes |
Number of claims
(millions) |
Dollars when occurred
($ billions) |
In 2010 dollars (2)
($ billions) |
| 2001 |
20 |
1.5 |
$26.5 |
$32.4 |
| 2002 |
25 |
1.8 |
5.9 |
7.0 |
| 2003 |
21 |
2.7 |
12.9 |
15.2 |
| 2004 |
22 |
3.4 |
27.5 |
31.4 |
| 2005 |
24 |
4.4 |
62.3 |
68.9 |
| 2006 |
31 |
2.3 |
9.2 |
9.9 |
| 2007 |
23 |
1.2 |
6.7 |
7.0 |
| 2008 |
36 |
4.1 |
27.0 |
27.6 |
| 2009 |
27 |
2.2 |
10.5 |
10.6 |
| 2010 |
33 |
2.4 |
14.1 |
14.1 |
(1) Includes catastrophes causing insured losses to the industry of at least $25 million and affecting a significant number of policyholders and insurers. Does not include flood damage covered by the federally administered National Flood ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Program.
(2) Adjusted to 2010 dollars by ISO using the GDP implicit price deflator.
Source: The Property Claim Services (PCS) unit of ISO, a Verisk Analytics company. |