Costly catastrophies
The top catastrophies based on insured losses as reported
by the Property Claim Services of the American
Insurance Services Group, Inc. are as follows:
Aug '92
Hurricane Andrew
$15.5 billion
Jan '94
Northridge quake
$4.5 billion
Sept '89
Hurricane Hugo
$4.2 billion
Oct '91
Oakland (CA) fire
$1.7 billion
Mar '93
24-state winter storm
$1.6 billion
Sept '92
Hurricane Iniki
$1.6 billion
Oct '89
Loma Prieta (CA) quake
$960 million
Oct '93
Brush fires (CA)
$950 million
Articles on disasters and recovery
Listed below are links to articles about disasters and recovery: