Database

List of insurance storms

The following storms are known to have caused high insurance losses. The list was compiled after consultation with Willis Re. See the storm selection page for more details.

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Storm Date+ Insured loss (USD, indexed to 2012)** Affected countries Umax++(ms-1) Lowest MSLP*** (hPa) Maximum vorticity+++(10-5-1) Sft****
Anatol 3/12/1999 2.6bn Denmark, Germany and Sweden 39.86 956.05 10.98 47.01
Christian (St Jude)* 28/10/2013 1.3bn Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden and United Kingdom 35.09 967.33 6.68 8.51
Dagmar (Patrick) 26/12/2011 0.04bn Finland and Norway 30.08 953.94 8.58 1.77
Daria (Burns' Day storm) 25/1/1990 8.2bn Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom 37.92 948.62 11.89 48.05
Emma 29/2/2008 1.4bn Austria, Belgium, Czech Repubic, Germany, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland 25.12 959.46 9.60 12.17
Erwin (Gudrun) 8/1/2005 2.2bn Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom 39.22 959.89 9.82 36.08
Fanny 4/1/1998 NA United Kingdom 34.60 966.23 8.30 12.30
Gero 11/1/2005 0.6bn Ireland and United Kingdom 39.13 960.64 8.55 17.55
Great Storm of 87 16/10/1987 6.3bn France and United Kingdom 39.53 955.97 10.17 38.42
Herta 3/2/1990 1.5bn Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom 33.16 944.78 13.36 15.94
Jeanette 27/10/2002 NA Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom 36.92 974.52 10.44 75.37
Klaus 24/1/2009 3.5bn Andorra, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland 37.23 965.95 9.25 24.36
Kyrill 18/1/2007 6.7bn Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and United Kingdom 36.38 961.12 8.55 59.43
Lore 28/1/1994 NA Denmark, Ireland and United Kingdom 31.60 961.29 12.53 13.82
Lothar 26/12/1999 8.0bn France, Germany and Switzerland 36.72 973.16 6.43 18.82
Martin 27/12/1999 3.3bn France, Italy and Switzerland 37.18 967.58 9.18 21.33
Oratia (Tora) 30/10/2000 NA France, Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom 38.45 948.01 9.62 36.67
Stephen 26/12/1998 NA Ireland and United Kingdom 39.53 946.73 11.67 19.58
Ulli 3/1/2012 0.2bn United Kingdom 36.32 954.30 10.24 19.02
Vivian 26/2/1990 5.6bn Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom 35.16 940.30 9.53 40.86
Wiebke 28/2/1990 1.4bn Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom 32.24 944.18 7.77 25.16
Xaver* 5/12/2013 0.9bn Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and United Kingdom 34.85 959.63 10.17 32.32
Xylia 28/10/1998 NA Denmark, Germany and Netherlands 26.72 960.80 5.50 5.63
Xynthia 27/2/2010 2.9bn Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom 32.62 965.46 9.58 23.11
Yuma 24/12/1997 NA United Kingdom 39.92 971.70 8.64 13.04
* Storm is an addition to the original 50 storms.
+ The date given is the date that the maximum 925hPa windspeed from ERA Interim over the Continental European land mass.
** Insured losses are from Swiss Re Sigma, No 1/2004, No 2/2006, No 2/2009, No 1/2011, No 2/2012 and No 2/2013. Losses have been converted to be indexed to 2012 values. Insured loses for the storms after 2012 are from PERILS indexed to 2014 and converted to USD using 1€ = $1.12.
++ Maximum 925 hPa wind speed from ERA Interim re-analysis data over the Continental European land mass within a 3° radius of the cyclone track
*** Mean sea level pressure from ERA Interim re-analysis data.
+++ Maximum vorticity at 850 hPa from ERA Interim re-analysis data, smoothed to T42 resolution.
**** Sft measures strength of storm and is described in selection section.



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