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US Weather Costs

Oct 29, 2026

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$538 million in Q3 catastrophe losses at Travelers

Travelers

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Oct 29, 2026

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$705 million in Q3 catastrophe losses at Chubb

Chubb

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Oct 29, 2026

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$198 million in Q3 catastrophe losses at The Hartford

The Hartford

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Oct 15, 2026

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Nearly 25% who paid for weather damage are still in debt

Hippo, via Insurance Journal

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Oct 15, 2026

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$1.4 billion to fight Oregon's fires, a state record

Northwest Coordination Center, via the Statesman Journal

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Oct 15, 2026

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Nearly $60 billion in Helene damage, $5 billion private cover

North Carolina Department of Public Safety

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Oct 7, 2026

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$3,012 a year is the new national average to insure a home

Insurify

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Oct 7, 2026

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One billion-dollar disaster every three weeks, not four months

New York Times

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Oct 7, 2026

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More than $50 billion a year in severe thunderstorm losses

Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety

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Sep 16, 2026

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$117 billion of the world's $171 billion is now American

Verisk

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Sep 16, 2026

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$6.8 billion from one April week, the year's costliest so far

Climate Central

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Sep 16, 2026

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$31.9 billion and 183 dead in twelve disasters in six months

Climate Central

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Aug 26, 2026

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$26 billion paid out for US thunderstorms in six months. The real damage? $34 billion.

Gallagher Re

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Aug 26, 2026

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Home insurance rose 10.4% nationally in a single year. 33 states rose double digits.

S&P Global via Insurance Journal

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Aug 26, 2026

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$3.67 billion in crop insurance paid out already this year, against $2.82 billion at this point last year.

USDA Risk Management Agency

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Aug 6, 2026

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Eleven billion-dollar insured disasters in 26 weeks, one every 2.4 weeks

Aon

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Aug 6, 2026

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4.8 million acres burned, 133% of the ten-year average, and peak season is still ahead

National Interagency Fire Center

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Aug 6, 2026

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$36 billion of insured losses in six months, 75% of the planet's bill

Aon

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Jul 22, 2026

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23 storms, zero hurricanes, $115 billion anyway

Climate Central

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Jul 22, 2026

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Washington froze $17 billion in disaster aid

New York Times

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Jul 22, 2026

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FEMA's piggy bank hits empty: a $16 billion hole

FEMA

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Jul 22, 2026

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Is it expensive? Hail yeah. $22 billion by mid-June

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US Weather Costs

$538 million in Q3 catastrophe losses at Travelers

$705 million in Q3 catastrophe losses at Chubb

$198 million in Q3 catastrophe losses at The Hartford

Nearly 25% who paid for weather damage are still in debt

$1.4 billion to fight Oregon's fires, a state record

Nearly $60 billion in Helene damage, $5 billion private cover

$3,012 a year is the new national average to insure a home

One billion-dollar disaster every three weeks, not four months

More than $50 billion a year in severe thunderstorm losses

$117 billion of the world's $171 billion is now American

$6.8 billion from one April week, the year's costliest so far

$31.9 billion and 183 dead in twelve disasters in six months

$26 billion paid out for US thunderstorms in six months. The real damage? $34 billion.

Home insurance rose 10.4% nationally in a single year. 33 states rose double digits.

$3.67 billion in crop insurance paid out already this year, against $2.82 billion at this point last year.

Eleven billion-dollar insured disasters in 26 weeks, one every 2.4 weeks

4.8 million acres burned, 133% of the ten-year average, and peak season is still ahead

$36 billion of insured losses in six months, 75% of the planet's bill

23 storms, zero hurricanes, $115 billion anyway

Washington froze $17 billion in disaster aid

FEMA's piggy bank hits empty: a $16 billion hole

Is it expensive? Hail yeah. $22 billion by mid-June

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