Most costly hurricanes to global insurance industry

The statistic presents the most costly hurricanes to the insurance industry worldwide from 2011 to 2018. Apart from the costs to the insurance industry, total losses have also been included for reference. Hurricane Harvey, which struck the U.S. from August 25th to September 1st 2017, caused insured losses amounting to 30 billion U.S. dollars and total losses reaching 95 billion U.S. dollars.

Most expensive hurricanes to the insurance industry worldwide from 2011 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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March 2019

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2011 to 2018

Supplementary notes

Original values.
Total losses have been also included in the statistic for reference.
Affected areas:
Hurricane Harvey - United States: TX, Harris County, Houston, Rockport, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Crosby, LA, Lake Charles, Evangeline, AL, LA, MS, NC, TN, Nashville, Davidson County
Hurricane Maria - Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S., Dominica, Guadeloupe, Dominican Republic, Martinique, Haiti
Hurricane Sandy - Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States, Canada
Hurricane Irma - United States, Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, British, Cuba, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Saint Barthelemy, Anguilla, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Hurricane Michael - United States, Cuba.

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