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Insurance Price Tag from Hurricane Zeta Estimated at $4.3 Billion in U.S.

November 2, 2020

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Insurers are bracing for a hit of about $4.3 billion from Hurricane Zeta in the United States, catastrophe modeling company Karen Clark & Co (KCC) said on Monday.

At least six people were killed in the southeast of the United States and more than 2 million people were without power on Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into the Gulf Coast and moved northeast.

Overall, nine U.S. states were hit by Hurricane Zeta, with the highest losses in Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia, KCC said, adding that 2020 had been a record year for named storms that made a landfall.

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