| Year |
Number of catastrophes |
Number of claims (millions) |
Dollars when occurred
($ billions) |
In 2009 dollars (2)
($ billions) |
| 2000 |
24 |
1.5 |
$4.6 |
$5.7 |
| 2001 |
20 |
1.5 |
26.5 |
32.1 |
| 2002 |
25 |
1.8 |
5.9 |
7.0 |
| 2003 |
21 |
2.7 |
12.9 |
15.0 |
| 2004 |
22 |
3.4 |
27.5 |
31.2 |
| 2005 |
24 |
4.4 |
62.3 |
68.4 |
| 2006 |
33 |
2.3 |
9.2 |
9.8 |
| 2007 |
23 |
1.2 |
6.7 |
6.9 |
| 2008 |
37 |
4.1 |
27.0 |
27.4 |
| 2009 |
28 |
2.2 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
(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 Insurance Program.
(2) Adjusted to 2009 dollars by ISO, using the GDP implicit price deflator.
Source: ISO's Property Claim Services (PCS) unit. |