| Year |
Number of
catastrophes |
Number of claims
(millions) |
Dollars when occurred
($ billions) |
In 2011 dollars (2)
($ billions) |
| 2002 |
25 |
1.8 |
$5.9 |
$7.2 |
| 2003 |
21 |
2.7 |
12.9 |
15.5 |
| 2004 |
22 |
3.4 |
27.5 |
32.2 |
| 2005 |
24 |
4.4 |
62.3 |
70.6 |
| 2006 |
31 |
2.3 |
9.2 |
10.1 |
| 2007 |
23 |
1.2 |
6.7 |
7.2 |
| 2008 |
36 |
4.1 |
27.0 |
28.2 |
| 2009 |
27 |
2.2 |
10.5 |
10.9 |
| 2010 |
33 |
2.4 |
14.3 |
14.6 |
| 2011 |
30 |
4.9 |
33.6 |
33.6 |
(1) Includes catastrophes causing insured property losses of at least $25 million in 1997 dollars and affecting a significant number of policyholders and insurers. Does not include losses covered by the federally administered National Flood Insurance Program.
(2) Adjusted for inflation through 2011 by ISO using the GDP implicit price deflator.
Source: The Property Claim Services (PCS) unit of ISO, a Verisk Analytics company. |