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Companion Volume to Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight Aon Benfield Companion Volume to Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight Additional Data to Accompany the 2017 Annual Report Table of Contents About the Companion Volume . 1 Appendix A: 2017 Global Disasters . 2 Appendix B: Historical Natural Disaster Events . 12 Appendix C: Tropical Cyclone Activity & Landfalls . .. 15 Appendix D: United States Severe Weather Data . 21 Appendix E: Global Earthquake Map . 23 Appendix F: United States & Europe Wildfire Data . 24 Impact Forecasting Model Coverage Map . 26 About Impact Forecasting . 28 About Aon Benfield . 28 Contacts . 29 About Aon . .. 30 Companion Volume to Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2017 Annual Report About the Companion Volume The following document provides supplementary data and information to the Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2017 Annual Report. 2017 was one of the costliest and most significant years for natural disasters on record following major hurricane, wildfire, earthquake, and severe weather events. Direct economic damage topped USD353 billion dollars with public and private insurance groups covering USD134 billion of the bill. Each of these totals was second only to the historic year in 2011. When focused on weather events alone, the economic cost was USD344 billion dollars as insurers covered USD132 billion of that total. Both of those tallies set a new record. The majority of the disaster losses resulted from three hurricane events: Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Each of those storms made landfall in either the United States or the Caribbean Islands. All three occurred within a matter of weeks after first developing and tracking across the Atlantic Ocean. The storms caused a combined USD220 billion dollars in damage, with insurers covering an estimated USD80 billion. 2017 slightly trailed 2005 as the most expensive year for tropical cyclones on record. So what lies ahead for 2018? 2017 taught us that we continue to live in an increasingly risky world with more people and exposures located in vulnerable spots. Identifying ways to increase awareness, improve communication, and lower the insurance protection gap will help better prepare for the next major event. For an in-depth view of the natural disaster events in 2017, please access Impact Forecasting’s Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2017 Annual Report at http://aon .io/ab-if-annual-report-2017 Aon Benfield 1 Appendix A: 2017 Global Disasters Exhibit 1: United States Date(s) Event Location Deaths Structures/Claims Economic Loss (USD) 01/01-01/03 Severe Weather Southeast, Plains 6 20,000+ 250+ million 01/06-01/13 Winter Weather Pacific Northwest, Southwest, Rockies 5 40,000+ 700+ million 01/06-01/08 Winter Weather Southeast, East Coast 5 Thousands Millions 01/13-01/18 Winter Weather Plains, Midwest 7 10,000+ 50+ million 01/17-01/19 Winter Weather West, Rockies 4 Thousands 10s of millions 01/18-01/23 Severe Weather Southeast, Plains, West, Northeast 21 100,000+ 1.3+ billion 01/19-01/25 Winter Weather West, Rockies, Plains, Midwest 5 Thousands 10s of millions 02/03-02/06 Winter Weather Pacific Northwest 0 5,000+ 10s of millions 02/07-02/08 Severe Weather Southeast 1 10,000+ 175+ million 02/08-02/09 Winter Weather Mid-Atlantic, Northeast 0 20,000+ 200+ millions 02/10-02/14 Flooding California 0 N/A 200+ million 02/12-02/14 Winter Weather Upper Mid-Atlantic, Northeast 1 Thousands 10s of millions 02/14 Severe Weather Texas 0 20,000+ 225+ million 02/16-02/18 Flooding California 7 25,000+ 800+ million 02/19-02/20 Severe Weather Texas 0 20,000+ 225+ million 02/19-02/21 Flooding California 1 10,000+ 500+ million 02/24-02/25 Severe Weather Northeast, Mid-Atlantic 0 20,000+ 200+ million 02/27-03/02 Severe Weather Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic 4 175,000+ 1.9+ billion 03/01-09/30 Drought Rockies, Plains N/A N/A 2.5+ billion 03/06-03/10 Severe Weather Midwest, Plains, Southeast 0 250,000+ 2.2+ billion 03/06-03/12 Wildfires Plains, Rockies, Florida 7 Hundreds 125+ million 03/12-03/14 Winter Weather Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Northeast 11 Thousands 1.1+ billion 03/20-03/22 Severe Weather Southeast, Midwest 1 80,000+ 975+ million 03/26-03/28 Severe Weather Plains, Southeast, Midwest 0 200,000+ 2.6+ billion 03/28-03/31 Severe Weather Plains, Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic 1 30,000+ 325+ million 04/01-04/03 Severe Weather Plains, Southeast 5 30,000+ 350+ million 04/04-04/06 Severe Weather Plains, Mississippi Valley, Southeast 0 90,000+ 900+ million 04/07-04/08 Severe Weather West 1 10,000+ 125+ million 04/09-04/11 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest 1 30,000+ 325+ million 04/14-04/20 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest 0 Thousands 175+ million 04/21-04/26 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic 1 70,000+ 950+ million 04/25-04/27 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Southeast 0 15,000+ 125+ million 04/28-05/01 Severe Weather Midwest, Plains, Southeast, MS Valley 20 100,000+ 2.0+ billion 05/02-05/05 Severe Weather Plains, Mississippi Valley, Southeast 0 20,000+ 175+ million 05/08-05/11 Severe Weather Rockies, Plains 0 250,000+ 3.4+ billion 05/15-05/19 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Rockies 2 70,000+ 975+ million 05/20-05/25 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, MS Valley, Southeast 0 Thousands 100+ million 2 Companion Volume to Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2017 Annual Report Date(s) Event Location Deaths Structures/Claims Economic Loss (USD) 05/25-05/29 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Rockies 0 45,000+ 600+ million 06/01-09/30 Wildfires West 0 1,000+ 2.0+ billion 06/02-06/04 Severe Weather Plains 0 15,000+ 175+ million 06/02-06/07 Flooding Florida 0 Thousands 10s of millions 06/11 Severe Weather Midwest 0 110,000+ 2.1+ billion 06/12-06/14 Severe Weather Plains, Rockies 0 70,000+ 1.0+ billion 06/15-06/19 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Northeast 0 55,000+ 550+ million 06/21-06/23 Tropical Storm Cindy Southwest 1 Thousands 10s of millions 06/25-06/26 Severe Weather Southwest, Plains 0 Thousands 10s of millions 06/27-06/30 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Northeast 0 125,000+ 1.6+ billion 07/02-07/04 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Southeast 0 Thousands 10s of millions 07/05-07/06 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Southeast 0 Thousands 10s of millions 07/06-07/15 Wildfire California 0 Hundreds 10s of millions 07/09-07/16 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Ohio Valley 1 Thousands 250+ million 07/12-07/24 Flooding Illinois 0 2,100+ Millions 07/15 Flooding Arizona 10 N/A N/A 07/19-07/20 Severe Weather Midwest 0 Hundreds Millions 07/21-07/23 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic 4 45,000+ 600+ million 07/31 Tropical Storm Emily Florida 0 Hundreds ≤10 million 08/01 Flooding Southeast 0 1,000+ 10s of millions 08/05-08/08 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Southeast 0 15,000+ 325+ million 08/10-08/11 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest 0 Thousands 200+ million 08/16 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest 0 Thousands 10s of millions 08/21-08/22 Severe Weather Midwest, Ohio Valley, Northeast 1 Thousands 10s of millions 08/25-09/02 Hurricane Harvey Plains, Southeast 90 850,000+ 100+ billion 09/10-09/12 Hurricane Irma Southeast 90 1.1 million 25+ billion 9/26-9/28 Hurricane Maria North Carolina 0 Unknown Millions 10/07-10/09 Hurricane Nate Southeast, Mid-Atlantic 0 20,000+ 250+ million 10/08-10/31 Wildfires California 44 45,000+ 13+ billion 10/14-10/15 Severe Weather Plains, Midwest, Northeast 0 17,50 0+ 250+ million 10/21-10/24 Severe Weather Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic 0 10,000+ 200+ million 10/29-10/31 TS Philippe (remnants) Mid-Atlantic, Northeast 0 25,000+ 800+ million 11/05-11/06 Severe Weather Midwest, Northeast 0 10,000+ 275+ million 11/18 Severe Weather Midwest, MS Valley, Mid-Atlantic 0 Thousands 10s of millions 12/03-12/17 Wildfires California 0 2,500+ 3.2+ billion 12/06-12/12 Winter Weather Plains, Southeast, Midwest, Northeast 3 Thousands 10s of millions 12/23-12/31 Winter Weather Plains, Southeast, Midwest, Northeast 4 Thousands 100+ million Aon Benfield 3 Exhibit 2: Remainder of North America (Canada, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean Islands) Date(s) Event Location Deaths Structures/Claims Economic Loss (USD) 01/24-01/27 Winter Weather Canada 2 Thousands 50+ million 03/08 Severe Weather Canada 1 14,500+ 145+ million 03/11 Winter Weather Canada 0 5,000+ 130+ million 04/05-04/07 Flooding Canada 0 7,50 0+ 190+ million 04/15-05/10 Flooding Canada 0 Thousands Millions 04/20-04/25 Flooding Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic 2 Thousands 150+ illion 05/01-05/15 Flooding Canada 2 10,000+ 300+ million 05/05-05/20 Flooding Canada 2 5,200+ 250+ million 05/23-05/24 Severe Weather Canada 0 8,000+ 83+ million 06/01-06/03 Tropical Storm Beatriz Mexico 6 Thousands 10s of millions 06/02 Severe Weather Canada 0 10,000+ 50+ million 06/10-06/20 Flooding Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador 17 Hundreds 10s of millions 06/20 Severe Weather Canada 0 5,000+ 10s of millions 07/07-09/27 Wildfire Canada 0 1,800+ 120+ million 07/12-07/13 Severe Weather Canada 0 5,500+ 42+ million 07/15-07/27 Wildfire Canada 0 6,000+ 120+ million 07/23 Severe Weather Canada 0 10,000+ 86+ million 07/27-07/29 Severe Weather Canada 0 7,000+ 70+ million 08/08-08/11 Hurricane Franklin Mexico 0 5,000+ 15+ million 08/28-08/29 Flooding Canada 0 6,700+ 365+ million 09/01-09/02 Tropical Storm Lidia Mexico 20 Thousands 10s of millions 09/05-09/09 Hurricane Irma Caribbean, Bahamas 44 50,000+ ~30+ billion 09/07 & 09/23 Earthquake Mexico, Guatemala 98 50,000+ 1.3+ billion 09/18-09/21 Hurricane Maria Caribbean Hundreds 550,000+ ~65+ billion 09/19 Earthquake Mexico 370 50,000+ 4.5+ billion 10/04-10/06 Hurricane Nate Central America 44 10,000+ 250+
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