It was all Joe Friday ever wanted on Dragnet, just the facts. In that spirit, here are the top Canadian catastrophes numbers from last year.
The summer of 2013 was record-setting for natural catastrophes, with the flooding that hit perennial favourite victim southern Alberta and downtown Toronto. But remember last year? Mother Nature wasn’t exactly smiling down on insurers in 2012 either.
Here’s a look back at the Top Five Canadian Catastrophes of 2012 – when, what and where the insured losses happened:
August 12 hailstorm, Calgary, Alta., $520 million;
May 26-29 series of heavy storms, tornadoes, Ontario and Quebec, $245 million;
October 29-31, remnants of Superstorm Sandy, Ontario and Quebec, $100 million;
July 11-12, thunderstorm, Edmonton, Alta., $100 million;
July 22-23, wind and rainstorms, Hamilton/Ottawa corridor, $85 million.
