Natural Catastrophes Cost Insurers $125 Billion in 2022: Swiss Re March 22, 2023 By L.S. Howard Natural disasters in 2022 brought global economic losses of US$275 billion, of which insurance covered 45%, or US$125 billion, according...
State Budgets Strained by Natural Disaster Costs September 19, 2017 By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and BOB SALSBERG A summer of natural catastrophes, from epic hurricanes to scorching wildfires, has exposed another peril in disaster-prone states: How to...
UN Reports Nearly $300B Lost Annually Due to Natural Disasters March 9, 2015 By EDITH M. LEDERER The global economic losses from natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones and have continued rising to reach an...
Missouri Governor Wants $20M for Natural Disaster Costs January 24, 2014 Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s is proposing $20 million to pay natural disaster costs, mostly stemming from the deadly Joplin tornado....