| World Natural Disaster Events Ranked by Number Of Perils and Insured Losses, 2021 (1) |
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| Rank |
Peril |
Number of events |
Rank |
Peril |
Insured loss (US$ billions) |
| 1 |
Severe weather (2) |
135 |
1 |
Tropical cyclone |
$39 |
| 2 |
Flooding |
133 |
2 |
Severe weather (2) |
37 |
| 3 |
Tropical cyclone |
37 |
3 |
Flooding |
22 |
| 4 |
Winter weather |
25 |
4 |
Winter weather |
17 |
| 5 |
Earthquake |
24 |
5 |
Drought |
6 |
| 6 |
Wildfire |
19 |
6 |
Wildfire |
5 |
| 7 |
European windstorm |
11 |
7 |
Earthquake |
3 |
| 8 |
Drought |
10 |
8 |
European windstorm |
2 |
| 9 |
Other |
7 |
9 |
Other |
0 |
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Total |
401 |
|
Total |
$131 |
(1) Natural disasters that cause at least US$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 2022.
(2) Includes severe convective storms such as thunderstorms, tornadoes and hailstorms, straight-line winds and flooding that could occur with these storms.
Source: Aon. |
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