Global Disaster Report: Swiss Re

2016 Disasters killed about 10,000 and cost USD158 billion

Total economic losses from all disasters are estimated at US$158 billion in 2016 ($94 billion losses in 2015 ), according to Swiss Re. [Disasters caused by ISIL and their backers, and the toll from their terrorists acts are not included in the Swiss Re preliminary sigma estimates.]

• Insured losses: $49 billion ($37 billion in 2015)
• Casualties: 10,000 people lost their lives [more than  250,000 injured: Blog Models.]
• Earthquakes, hail and thunderstorms, and Hurricane Matthew resulted in the largest insured losses in 2016.

Major disasters in 2016 included

• Hurricane Matthew and severe storms in the US
• Widespread flooding in the US, Europe and Asia
• Earthquakes in Taiwan, Japan, Ecuador, Italy and New Zealand
• Wildfires in Canada

Source: http://www.swissre.com/

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