Lessons Learned After Hard CAT Years: Certain Claims Attract Public Adjusters

It has been quite the turbulent ride for catastrophe insurance providers in the past few years. The US has suffered a series of devastating hurricanes, kicking off on August 25, 2017, when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 storm.

It left a trail of destruction in its wake, which cost the insurance industry up to $20 billion.

Following Harvey in 2017 came two Category 5 strength hurricanes, Irma and Maria, one of which (Maria) became the second costliest hurricane to hit the US, causing insured losses of up to $30 billion.

It was surpassed only by Hurricane Katrina, which caused approximately $52 billion in insured losses in 2018. That year, more devastating storms made landfall in the US, with Hurricanes Florence and Michael causing up to $12 billion insured losses between them.

And those hoping for some respite in 2019 did not get what they were looking for, thanks to Hurricanes Barry and Dorian.