Estimated Insured Losses For The Top 10 Historical Hurricanes Based On Current Exposures (1) |
($ billions)
|
Rank |
Date |
Event |
Category |
2015 insured loss |
1 |
Sep. 18, 1926 |
Great Miami Hurricane |
4 |
$119 |
2 |
Sep. 17, 1928 |
Okeechobee Hurricane |
4 |
72 |
3 |
Sep. 17, 1947 |
Fort Lauderdale Hurricane |
3 |
60 |
4 |
Aug. 29, 2005 |
Hurricane Katrina |
3 |
58 |
5 |
Sep. 9, 1965 |
Hurricane Betsy |
4 |
53 |
6 |
Aug. 24, 1992 |
Hurricane Andrew |
5 |
52 |
7 |
Sep. 10, 1960 |
Hurricane Donna |
4 |
46 |
8 |
Sep. 21, 1938 |
The Great New England Hurricane |
3 |
44 |
9 |
Sep. 9, 1900 |
Galveston Hurricane |
4 |
44 |
10 |
Sep. 15, 1950 |
Hurricane Easy |
2 |
28 |
(1) Modeled loss to property, contents and business interruption and additional living expenses for residential, mobile home, commercial and auto exposures as of end-2015. Losses include demand surge.
Source: AIR Worldwide Corporation. |
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