Munich Re (2026, 13 January). “Natural disaster figures 2025.” Munich: Munich Re.
The release puts 2025 overall losses from natural disasters at about US$224 billion, of which about US$108 billion was insured, and deaths at about 17,200. Overall losses averaged US$266 billion a year over the previous decade, with around 60 percent uninsured. The Los Angeles wildfires of January 2025 caused about US$53 billion in losses, including about US$40 billion insured, and 30 deaths. Losses in 2024 were US$368 billion. The wiki cites the release in What GDP Leaves Out for the scale of disaster losses that fall outside insurance, on households, firms and governments.