Insurers to Pay $11.5B in Cat Claims for Third Quarter

The Property Claim Services unit of New Jersey-based Insurance Services Office Inc. estimates that U.S. property/casualty insurers will pay $11.5 billion in catastrophe claims for the third quarter.

Published on October 28, 2008

In a statement made by the PCS 11 catastrophes in 22 states produced 1.7 million claims in the period, which it noted was the fourth-costliest third quarter since 1998.

The state with the highest insured loss total was Texas, at $6.4 billion, followed by Louisiana, with $1.9 billion.

The 2008 nine-month insured loss total now stands at an estimated $22.1 billion.