Natural catastrophe insured losses (year to date)

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
44 billionUSD
estimate

Global · as of 30 Jun 2026

Natural catastrophe insured losses (year to date) stood at 44 billion USD as of 30 June 2026 (Munich Re).

Original source
Publisher
Munich Re
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
H1 2026 natural disasters in figures
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

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Of those losses, only US$ 44bn were insured, representing an insurance gap of 60%.

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APA
Munich Re. (2026). Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2026/natural-disaster-figures-first-half-2026.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q655
MLA
Munich Re. "Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026." 2026, https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2026/natural-disaster-figures-first-half-2026.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q655.
Chicago
Munich Re. "Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026." 2026. https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2026/natural-disaster-figures-first-half-2026.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q655.
BibTeX
@misc{munichre2026naturalw6q655, author = {{Munich Re}}, title = {Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q655}, note = {Original source: https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2026/natural-disaster-figures-first-half-2026.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
Munich Re · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
H1 2026 natural disasters in figures
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC7C757DZQG3AW6Q655