This report summarizes the major catastrophe events that occurred in each region around the globe in 2022, detailing the financial loss, fatalities and other major considerations. Throughout 2022, the world saw another year of impactful catastrophe events that once again brought into focus the need to better account for the growing risks that natural hazards bring. The challenges brought by climate change, inflation, social inflation, claims litigation, and further exposure growth into vulnerable areas for disaster risk only further enhanced the resultant impacts seen.
The report:
- Provides an overview of global and regional catastrophe hazard and loss drivers,
- Explains which regions have undergone higher annual losses,
- Offers a better understanding of climate change’s influence on individual behaviour and impacts.