Thunderstorms are by far the costliest “major peril” event
By Felix Salmon and Andrew Freedman, Axios
The single costliest type of natural catastrophe for insurers in 2023 isn’t hurricanes or earthquakes or volcanic eruptions — it’s thunderstorms.
Why it matters: Population growth, expanding cities in storm-prone regions, and climate change-driven trends in severe weather are all helping to vault insurance costs ever higher.