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6 September 2025ReinsuranceFaye Waters

Cat modeller warn $152bn losses are the new normal

The insurance industry is facing a new reality: catastrophe losses are no longer outliers but a baseline risk. “The new norm of $100 billion and above is now being accepted by the industry,” Jay Guin, executive vice president and chief research officer for Verisk’s extreme event solutions team, told Monte Carlo Today.

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