Insurance Issues: Floods
Monday, January 15th, 2001 Catastrophe PropertyTOP 10 FLOOD EVENTS - INSURED LOSSES* Date Place Event Loss Payment May 1995 Louisiana May 1995 Flooding $582,165,084 October 1995 Florida Hurricane Opal 375,515,541 September 1989 South Carolina Hurricane Hugo 360,016,092 October 10, 1994 Texas Texas Flood 215,542,734 March 1993 Florida Blizzard of 1993 194,356,961 December 1992 New Jersey December Storm- Nor'easter 178,685,128 September 1996 North Carolina Hurricane Fran 172,107,877 June 1993 Missouri Midwest Floods 171,648,025 July 1979 Texas Tropical Storm Claudette 146,771,941 August 1992 Florida Hurricane Andrew 139,119,067 * Insured losses from the National Flood Insurance Program. FLOOD INSURANCE Flood damage is excluded
External References & Further Reading
http://www.iii.org/individuals/disasters/floods/before/
