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Costs tied to one type of “major peril” event eclipse all others

Thunderstorms are by far the costliest “major peril” event

By Felix Salmon and Andrew Freedman, Axios

Data: Swiss Re; Chart: Thomas Oide/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.

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