| 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 Insurance Program.
(2) Adjusted for inflation through 2017 by the Insurance Information Institute using the GDP implicit price deflator.
Source: Property Claim Services庐 (PCS庐 ), a unit of ISO庐 , a Verisk Analytics庐 company; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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