Severe convective storm insured losses (year to date)
STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
5 billionUSD
European Union · 2021–2023
Severe convective storm insured losses in the European Union (year to date) stood at 5 billion USD in 2021–2023 (Swiss Re).
- Publisher
- Swiss Re
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Spotlight on severe convective storms
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Most of the losses (85%) last year originated in the US, but losses are currently growing fastest in Europe, where they have topped USD 5 billion in each of the last three years, with hail storms the main driver.
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- APA
- Swiss Re Institute. (2023). sigma 1/2024: Natural catastrophes in 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-01.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M46
- MLA
- Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 1/2024: Natural catastrophes in 2023." 2023, https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-01.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M46.
- Chicago
- Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 1/2024: Natural catastrophes in 2023." 2023. https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-01.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M46.
- BibTeX
- @misc{swissre2023severev71m46, author = {{Swiss Re Institute}}, title = {sigma 1/2024: Natural catastrophes in 2023}, year = {2023}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M46}, note = {Original source: https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-01.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- Swiss Re Institute · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- sigma 1/2024: Natural catastrophes in 2023
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Spotlight on severe convective storms
- 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_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M46