Swiss Re natural hazards expert Megan Linkin has assessed a historical hurricane event in the Northeast and found that, when recreated with today's property conditions, it would “produce insured damages in the tens of billions.”
The Swiss Re report looked at an 1821 hurricane and concluded that, if it occurred today, it would “cause 50 percent more damage than [Superstorm] Sandy and potentially cause more than $100 billion in property losses stemming from storm surge and wind damage.”
Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].