Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, today releases its Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during 2013.
Aon Benfield is the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc (NYSE:AON). The report reveals that 296 separate events produced total economic losses of USD192 billion – four percent below the 10-year average of USD200 billion, but above the average 259 events.
The natural disasters caused total insured losses of USD45 billion – their lowest since 2009 and 22 percent below the 10-year average of USD58 billion. In a reversal from 2012, the largest global events of 2013 were heavily concentrated inhttp://ipmimagazine.com/medical-health-insurance/index.php/en/daily-insurance-industry-news/insurance-industry-disaster-news/item/2416-natural-disasters-produced-192bn-global-economic-loss-in-2013-while-insurers-face-45bn-bill
