| Homeowners Insurance Losses By Cause, 2013-2017 (1) |
(Percent of losses incurred)
|
| Cause of loss |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
| Property damage (2) |
95.5% |
95.8% |
96.3% |
96.6% |
98.1% |
| Fire and lightning |
28.5 |
23.9 |
21.6 |
25.0 |
35.1 |
| Wind and hail |
30.0 |
28.7 |
21.2 |
34.1 |
38.2 |
| Water damage and freezing |
27.1 |
34.0 |
46.1 |
30.2 |
19.5 |
| Theft |
3.4 |
2.4 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
| All other property damage (3) |
6.4 |
6.8 |
5.6 |
5.5 |
4.4 |
| Liability (4) |
4.5 |
4.2 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
1.9 |
| Bodily injury and property damage |
4.3 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
1.8 |
| Medical payments and other |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Credit card and other (5) |
(6) |
(6) |
(6) |
(6) |
(6) |
| Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
(1) For homeowners multiple peril policies (HO-2, HO-3, HO-5 and HE-7 for North Carolina). Excludes tenants and condominium owners policies. Excludes Alaska, Texas and Puerto Rico.
(2) First party, i.e., covers damage to policyholder's own property.
(3) Includes vandalism and malicious mischief.
(4) Payments to others for which policyholder is responsible.
(5) Includes coverage for unauthorized use of various cards, forgery, counterfeit money and
losses not otherwise classified.
(6) Less than 0.1 percent
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