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Broking powerhouse Aon has warned that the industry faces a multi-billion loss from the US tornadoes that struck at the weekend, but notes that at this stage it only anticipates a “limited portion” of the losses being ceded to reinsurance.

Lloyd’s of London syndicate manager and private capital specialist Argenta Group suggests that the weekend tornado damage in the southeastern United States could result in an industry loss that it likens to the 2020 Derecho event, that resulted in an estimated $7 billion of costs for insurance and reinsurance markets.

At this still early stage following the tornadoes and severe storms that struck the United States this weekend, it’s not yet possible to rule out any loss impacts to ILS investors, according to Twelve Capital.

The weekend’s significant tornado activity in the United States could affect some aggregate catastrophe bonds, according to insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset manager Plenum Investments.

This weekend’s tragic tornado impacts across southeastern US states is expected to drive an insurance and reinsurance market loss into the billions of dollars, with sources stating it could be the largest tornado-driven industry loss in a decade, perhaps more.

Severe storms rolled into Illinois in the last few hours, with tornado warnings were raised for the Chicago suburbs. At least one tornado touched down and has caused significant damage in the Woodridge suburb of the city.

Once again a large hail storm event looks set to drive at least economic losses towards the billion dollar mark, perhaps insurance and reinsurance market losses too.

Losses from recent bouts of severe convective weather and thunderstorms in the United States are set to drive insurance and perhaps reinsurance market losses into the hundreds of millions at least, according to Aon’s Impact Forecasting.

US severe thunderstorm activity and severe convective weather looks set to escalate as we move into the second-half of March, reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has warned.

Severe convective storm, thunderstorm and severe weather impacts reached a record high last year, as the peril drove the largest share of annual natural disaster losses that were covered by insurance and reinsurance in the United States during 2020, according to data from Munich Re.