Broking giant Aon has estimated that global insured catastrophe losses amounted to at least $17 billion in the first-quarter of 2024, which was slightly above average by its measure.
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Disasters Forced 2.5M Americans from Their Homes Last Year
An estimated 2.5 million people were forced from their homes in the United States by weather-related disasters in 2023, according to new data from the Census Bureau.
U.S. Hit By 25 Reported Billion-Dollar Disasters in First 10 Months of 2023
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration — NOAA — reports the U.S. has seen 25 separate weather or climate “disasters” — events causing damage or losses exceeding $1 billion — so far this year, the highest number since the agency began tracking such events 43 years ago.