Climate and catastrophe insight series
The Climate and Catastrophe Insight is an annual research series that provides a consistent global view of natural disaster activity and climate-related catastrophe trends. It examines impacts on people, assets and economies to support risk assessment, resilience planning and long-term decision-making.
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OVERVIEW
Overview
The Climate and Catastrophe Insight is a long-running benchmark series, initiated in 2006, that provides a consistent global assessment of climate-related natural catastrophe activity and loss trends. It is produced annually to enable year-on-year comparison across regions and peril types.
Purpose
The series is designed to support informed decision-making by translating catastrophe and climate data into a structured view of risk. It helps organisations understand how natural hazards and climate patterns interact with economic exposure, insurance coverage and societal impact over time.
Methodology
The benchmark draws on a proprietary global catastrophe database, combining event-level hazard data with economic and insured loss information. Events are assessed using consistent classification thresholds and historical normalisation to enable comparability across years. The methodology applies a standardised global and regional framework to track trends rather than forecast outcomes.
Use for finance professionals
Finance professionals can use this series as a reference point to contextualise portfolio exposure, insurance strategy, capital planning and resilience assessment. It also supports benchmarking of regional and sectoral risk conditions when evaluating long-term climate and catastrophe-related financial risk.
