| World Natural Disaster Events Ranked by Number Of Perils and Insured Losses, 2019 (1) |
Ìý
|
| Rank |
Peril |
Number of
events |
Rank |
Peril |
Insured loss
(US$ billions) |
| 1 |
Flooding |
158 |
1 |
Severe weather (2) |
$27 |
| 2 |
Severe weather (2) |
114 |
2 |
Tropical cyclone |
22 |
| 3 |
Tropical cyclone |
33 |
3 |
Flooding |
13 |
| 4 |
Earthquake |
32 |
4 |
Winter weather |
2 |
| 5 |
Winter weather |
19 |
5 |
European windstorm |
2 |
| 6 |
Wildfire |
18 |
6 |
Drought |
2 |
| 7 |
European windstorm |
16 |
7 |
Wildfire |
2 |
| 8 |
Drought |
15 |
8 |
Earthquake |
(3) |
| 9 |
Other |
4 |
9 |
Other |
(3) |
(1) Natural disasters that cause at least $25 million in insured losses; or 10 deaths; or 50 people injured; or 2,000 filed claims or homes and structures damaged. As of January 2020.
(2 )Includes severe convective storms such as thunderstorms, tornadoes and hailstorms, straight-line winds and flooding that could occur with these storms.
(3) Less than $1 billion.
Source: Aon. |
|