3 April 2013Insurance

2012 cat losses illustrate value of insurance

Nine of the ten most expensive insured loss events globally happened in the US in 2012 while the high insurance penetration in North America meant that $65 billion, over half of the $119 billion in economic losses in the region, were covered by insurance.

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