eional overvie he hihest insure‚ losses in 2015 ere ¨inter storms in the Ž‘… alon ith floo‚s an‚ tropical cyclones in many parts of the in Asia an‚ North Americaˆ orl‚ cause‚ the hihest insure‚ losses in 2015ˆ “n Asia… the explosions in ian in an‚ ma or storms cause‚ the biest insure‚ losses in the reion… hile the Nepal earthŒua€e too€ most lives an‚ cause‚ the hihest economic loss of the yearˆ Table ‚ „nsured losses …conomic losses Number of events… victims… economic an‚ Region Number †ictims in in S bn in in S bn in insure‚ losses by reion… 2015 North America 51 2‡ 1ˆ1§ 1ˆ „ˆ1§ 2‡ˆ6 1ˆ2§ ƒatin America ¦ Caribbean 25 „6 2ˆ‡§ ˆ2 ‡ˆ§ ˆ5 ‡ˆ2§ Europe „1 2612 †ˆ†§ 6ˆ2 1ˆ0§ 12ˆ6 1ˆ§ Africa „† „1 1ˆ0§ 0ˆ0 0ˆ1§ 1ˆ2 1ˆ§ Asia 15† 1‡ †16 1ˆ‡§ ˆ0 1†ˆ0§ ˆ „1ˆ1§ ™ceania/Australia 1 5 0ˆ2§ 2ˆ1 5ˆ§ ˆ0 ˆ§ ‘eas / space 15 1† 1ˆ2§ 0ˆ† 2ˆ„§ 1ˆ1 1ˆ2§ ¨orl‚ 5 26 5† 100ˆ0§ 100ˆ0§ †2 100ˆ0§ ‘ource: ‘iss e Economic esearch ¦ Consultin an‚ Cat •erilsˆ North America “n the Ž‘… severe storms… a har‚ inter “n North America… insure‚ losses ere Ž‘’ 1 billion… the hihest of all reionsˆ Šost an‚ floo‚s cause‚ most lossesˆ of the losses came from inter storms… other severe storms… such as thun‚erstorms an‚ torna‚oes… an‚ floo‚ events in the Ž‘ˆ here ere relatively fe catastrophes in Cana‚aˆ ƒosses from the harsh inter season “t as a harsh inter storm season in the Ž‘ for the secon‚ year in a roˆ here ere ere above averaeˆ many inter storms ith heavy snofall an‚ very lo temperaturesˆ “n mi‚‰˜ebruary… a lare storm an‚ relate‚ ice accumulation cause‚ i‚esprea‚ ‚amae in 1 states… ith Šassachusetts har‚est hitˆ he associate‚ insure‚ losses ere estimate‚ to be over Ž‘’ 2 billion… mainly from burst froen ater pipes an‚ ice eiht/ater ‚amae to propertyˆ “nsure‚ losses from all the Ž‘ inter storms toether amounte‚ to Ž‘’ ˆ2 billion… ‚ouble the annual averae of the previous 10 yearsˆ orna‚o activity as averae hile Accor‚in to a preliminary count from the ‘torm •re‚iction Centre of the National insure‚ losses from severe storms ere ™ceanic an‚ Atmospheric A‚ministration šN™AA›… there ere 1252 torna‚oes in loer than averaeˆ 2015… the most in one year since 2011 an‚ in line ith the annual averae š1222› of the ’oppler ra‚ar era from the early 1††0sˆ Nevertheless… insure‚ losses from torna‚o outbrea€s an‚ thun‚erstorms ere estimate‚ to have been aroun‚ Ž‘’ 10 billion… loer than in 201„ šŽ‘’ 1 billion› an‚ the previous 10‰year annual averae šŽ‘’ 12 billion›ˆ ™nly one thun‚erstorm cause‚ losses of Ž‘’ 1 billion or more… hile an outbrea€ of E˜ an‚ E˜„ torna‚oes at the en‚ of ’ecember in exas an‚ neihbourin states cause‚ a hih number of fatalitiesˆ he North Atlantic hurricane season he 2015 Atlantic hurricane season pro‚uce‚ 11 name‚ storms šeiht in 201„›… four pro‚uce‚ a belo‰averae number of of hich became hurricanes šsix in 201„› an‚… li€e in 201„… to š’anny an‚ ¤oaŒuin› storms aainˆ attaine‚ the status of ma or hurricanes šCateory or stroner on the ‘affir‰‘impson scale›ˆ žurricane ¤oaŒuin as the stronest hurricane of the season an‚ the stronest observe‚ in the Atlantic since žurricane “or in 2010ˆ ƒast year as the 10th year in „ succession that no ma or hurricane ma‚e Ž‘ lan‚fall… the lonest stretch since the 1‡60sˆ Accor‚in to the N™AA’s Climate •re‚iction Centre… El Niño curbe‚ storm ‚evelopment iven a combination of stable atmospheric con‚itions… ‚rier air an‚ 5 hih in‚ shear in lare parts of the main hurricane eneration reionˆ 3 E˜¬ Enhance‚ ˜u ita ‘cale 4 ¨hen it ma‚e lan‚fall… žurricane ‘an‚y in 2012 pro‚uce‚ the thir‚‰biest loss ever from a storm eventˆ žoever… it ‚oes not reister as a “ma or” hurricane on the ‘affir‰‘impson scaleˆ 5 “”elo‰normal Atlantic hurricane season en‚s³ active eastern an‚ central •acific seasons shatter recor‚s”… noaanews.noaa.gov… 1 ’ecember 2015…http://ˆnoaanesˆnoaaˆov/ stories2015/120115‰belo‰normal‰atlantic‰hurricane‰season‰en‚s‰active‰eastern‰an‚‰central‰pacific‰ seasons‰shatter‰recor‚sˆhtml Swiss Re sigma No 1/2016
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