Centro de Documentación de Fundación MAPFRE - Swiss Re Institute estimates USD 83 billion global insured catastrophe losses in 2020, the fifth-costliest on record

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Swiss Re Institute estimates USD 83 billion global insured catastrophe losses in 2020, the fifth-costliest on record / Lucia Bevere, Thomas Holzheu, Irina Fan. — Zurich : Swiss Re Institute, 2020

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Sumario: Insurance industry losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters globally amounted to USD 83 billion in 2020, according to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma estimates. This makes it the fifth-costliest year for the industry since 1970. Losses were driven by a record number of severe convective storms (thunderstorms with tornadoes, floods and hail) and wildfires in the US. These and other secondary peril events around the world accounted for 70% of the USD 76 billion insured losses from natural catastrophes.1 A very active North Atlantic hurricane season triggered an additional USD 20 billion of insurance claims, moderate compared to the record seasons of 2005 and 2017. The insurance industry covered 45% of global economic losses in 2020, above the ten-year-average of 37%

1. Pérdidas . 2. Reclamaciones . 3. Mercado de seguros . 4. Perspectivas del seguro . 5. Catástrofes naturales . I. Holzheu, Thomas . II. Fan, Irina . III. Swiss Re Institute . IV. Título.