hail storm

Due to severe weather, the Summer of 2024 now ranks as the most destructive season in Canadian history for insured losses at more than CAD 7 billion, as per initial estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ).

Climate change is seen as a driver of higher frequency of damaging hail storm events according to specialty re/insurer Chaucer, who highlights a 267% increase in European hail storms in the past five years.

Severe convective storm (SCS) losses in the United States drove insurance and reinsurance market losses of $50 billion to $60 billion in 2023, but while this was above-average, risk modeller Karen Clark & Company warns that annual losses from the peril could be much higher.

AXA Climate, the parametric specialist risk transfer managing general agent (MGA) unit of global insurance and reinsurance company AXA, has partnered with Hailios, a company that leverages technology and sensors to help close gaps in hail protection.

The insurance and reinsurance market loss from the so-called Halloween hailstorm event in October 2020 that struck south-east Queensland, Australia has been lifted slightly to A$1.222 billion by PERILS AG.

The Insurance Council of Australia has increased its estimate for the insurance and reinsurance market loss resulting from the hailstorm event that struck south-east Queensland on October 31st 2020 to A$1.08 billion.

Regular readers know we love a parametric trigger where the data inputs are sensor-derived and located on-site for the insured or covered party. Hailios is doing this for hail coverage, an area where significant gaps in insurance protection are often evident.

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.

The Insurance Council of Australia has said that its estimate for the insurance and reinsurance market loss from the hailstorm event on October 31st 2020 that struck south-east Queensland is A$805 million.

The estimate for insurance and reinsurance market losses from the severe east coast low pressure storm that hit Australia at the beginning of February 2020, has been finalised with a rise of 3% at A$989 million by PERILS AG.