| Top 10 Costliest World Natural Disasters by Insured Losses, 2018 (1) |
(US$ millions)
|
| Rank |
Date (2) |
Country/region |
Event |
Insured loss
in U.S. dollars |
| 1 |
Sep. 5 |
Japan |
Typhoon Jebi |
$12,500 |
| 2 |
Oct. 12 |
U.S., Southeast, Mid-Atlantic |
Hurricane Michael |
11,000 |
| 3 |
Nov. 31 |
U.S., West |
Camp Fire |
10,000 |
| 4 |
Sep. 18 |
U.S., Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast |
Hurricane Florence |
5,500 |
| 5 |
Nov. 31 |
U.S., West |
Woolsey Fire |
4,200 |
| 6 |
Oct. 1 |
Japan |
Typhoon Trami |
3,250 |
| 7 |
Dec. 31 |
U.S. |
Annual drought loss |
2,400 |
| 8 |
Jul. 8 |
Japan |
Japan floods |
2,250 |
| 9 |
Jan. 18 |
Western and Central Europe |
Windstorm Friederike |
2,056 |
| 10 |
Jun. 21 |
U.S., Rockies, Plains, Midwest, Northeast |
Colorado hailstorm |
1,750 |
(1) Natural disasters that cause at least US$25 million in insured losses; or 10 deaths; or 50 people injured; or 2,000 filed claims or homes and structures damaged. Hurricane losses in the United States include National Flood Insurance Program losses. As of September 13, 2019.
(2) Date event ended.
Note: Loss data shown here may differ from figures shown elsewhere for the same event due to differences in the date of publication, the geographical area covered and other criteria used by organizations collecting the data.
Source: Aon. |
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