H1 Natural Disasters Had Insured Price Tag of $80B - Driven by US Claims: Munich Re
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According to Munich Re, natural disasters caused 113 billion euros of global damage in the first half of the year. Thus, a thunderstorm was particularly expensive in Europe.
Natural disasters in 2025: Huge losses reach second highest level in 45 years. The first half of 2025 saw a significant increase in natural disasters, recording economic losses of $131 billion globally, according to a recent analysis by German reinsurance company Munich Re...
The fires in Los Angeles, the earthquake in Myanmar, the rock and ice fall in the canton of Valais: Natural disasters have caused as much damage in the first six months of the year as they have not done for decades.
The global situation is uncertain, and nature is increasingly restless. In the first half of the year, global natural disaster losses were above average – and concentrated on one continent.
Natural disasters such as fires, storms and earthquakes caused $131 billion (€113.1 billion) in damage worldwide in the first half of this year, the second highest half-year amount since 1980, German reinsurance company Munich Re announced today. According to the German news agency dpa, the reinsurance company stated that fires in the US state of California alone in January this year caused $53 billion in damage. It is the fire with the worst fi…
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