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section 1: by the numbers
US inflation-Adjusted Insured CAT Losses 1980 – 2025
Sources: Property Claim Service, a Verisk Analytics business. Insurance Information Institute; University of South Carolina, Risk and Uncertainty Management Center
headlines
Headline 1 – Insured Losses Could Hit $145B in 2025, Driven by Rising Claims From Secondary Perils –
Headline 2 – Natural disaster losses surpass USD 110 billion in Q1 2025, closing in on twice the 10-year average –
Headline 3 – US Disaster Losses Expected to Rise in 2025 –
https://www.floridarealtors.org/news-media/news-articles/2025/05/us-disaster-losses-expected-rise-2025
Headline 4 – Natural Catastrophe Losses Set to Reach $145 Billion in 2025, With 1-in-10 Risk of $300 Billion Peak Year
section 2: affecting everyday people
Venus, Charlie. “Hardest Insurance Market Ever?” Charlie’s Corner, Accessed: 18 Aug. 2023, PDF download.
section 3: How does it affect me?
Reinsurance Graph –
“Continued High Losses from Natural Catastrophes in 2022: Swiss Re.” Continued High Losses from Natural Catastrophes in 2022 | Swiss Re, Swiss Re Institute, 28 June 2023, www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2023-01/5-charts-losses-natural-catastrophes.html.