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The number of homeowners insurance claims from lightning strikes in the United States fell in 2019, but the average cost that insurers paid on those claims has increased by 11% between 2017 and 2019, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I).
From 2007 to 2011, local U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 22,600 fires per year that were started by lightning, according to a study by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
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