natural catastrophe

Of the approximately $108 billion of natural and man-made catastrophe insured losses experienced during 2011 the Asia-Pacific region accounted for over two-thirds of them, according to data published by Guy Carpenter today. This broke a historical trend of U.S. based events dictating the movement of property catastrophe reinsurance pricing, something borne out by the large […]

Swiss Re have released their preliminary estimate of insured losses resulting from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters occurring during 2011. Swiss Re’s sigma team estimate the total insured loss at $108 billion with natural catastrophes contributing $103 billion of that, well up on the $43 billion experienced during 2010.

Swiss Re has published a preliminary estimate for the amount of insured losses resulting from natural  and man-made catastrophes during the first half of 2011. The first six months of the year have seen some of the largest insured losses for certain perils, including the Japanese earthquake in March and some devastating and costly U.S. […]

The U.S. NOAA’s National Weather Service has published a report looking at the natural disasters which hit the U.S. so far this year. As our readers will be aware, this year is heading towards records for insured losses from natural disasters around the globe, and the U.S. has been pretty badly hit. The report says […]

A new country level study on the economic exposure to natural disasters from risk analysis and mapping firm Maplecroft, suggests that while the U.S. and Japan have the highest economic exposure to natural hazards, it is actually the emerging economies of China, India, Philippines and Indonesia that pose the greatest threat to investors due to […]

Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development arm Impact Forecasting, have published their July 2011 Monthly Cat Recap report which looks at the natural catastrophes that occurred over the course of the month around the world.

Munich Re has published a report and data on the natural catastrophe loss events which have impacted the world and the reinsurance sector in the first half of 2011. To date, 2011 is now the most disastrous on record according to Munich Re, with total economic losses for the first six months of the year […]

We know that having easy access to information and updates pertaining to recent natural catastrophes around the globe is important to readers of Artemis. So to help our readers access timely information and updates we’ve partnered with catastrophe risk modelling firm EQECAT to give you easy access to their CatWatch™ catastrophe reports.

Swiss Re have today published their latest Sigma report which looks at the toll suffered around the globe from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters during 2010. The report shows that losses were exceptionally high in 2010, particularly for a year when the Atlantic hurricane season (one of the biggest loss events on many years) caused […]