Natural catastrophe insured losses (year to date)
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137 billionUSD
Global · 2024
Natural catastrophe insured losses (year to date) stood at 137 billion USD in 2024 (Swiss Re).
- Publisher
- Swiss Re
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
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Global insured losses from natural catastrophes reached USD 137 billion in 2024.
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- Swiss Re Institute. (2024). sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3H
- MLA
- Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025." 2024, https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3H.
- Chicago
- Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025." 2024. https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3H.
- BibTeX
- @misc{swissre2024naturalv71m3h, author = {{Swiss Re Institute}}, title = {sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3H}, note = {Original source: https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- Swiss Re Institute · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025
- Type
- Press release
- Published
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- Locator
- sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3H