NatCatSERVICE

Natural disaster insights backed by decades of data

NatCatSERVICE is Munich Re's global natural catastrophe loss database, built on decades of data collection and research. Covering natural catastrophe events and losses worldwide since 1980, it is one of the world's most comprehensive databases on natural disasters and their impacts. It provides the foundation for Munich Re's publications, research and catastrophe insights.

Bi-annual natural disaster loss reports

Aerial view of a demolished area with rubble, construction equipment, and nearby buildings along the coast.

Reinsurance

Lower losses, growing risks: the natural disaster review for the first half of 2026

A wildfire burns on a hillside, with flames and smoke rising against an orange sky.

Reinsurance

Climate change presses on: Devastating wildfires and intense thunderstorms exacerbate losses for insurers

Recent analyses

Risks

Climate change and its consequences: Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and more severe

Risks

Natural disasters — Losses are trending upwards

Selection of peril-specific analyses

Hail, tornadoes and flash floods: Thunderstorm losses are on the rise

Risks

Thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes: Localised but highly destructive

Risks

Floods and flash floods: Underestimated natural hazards

Risks

Wildfires: As the climate changes, so do the risks

Risks

Earthquakes - A deadly threat

Hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones – the natural hazards with the highest losses

Risks

Tropical cyclones — The natural hazard with the highest insured losses

Data usage and availability

NatCatSERVICE is a proprietary Munich Re database. While Munich Re publishes extensive analyses and statistics derived from the database, the underlying event-level dataset is not made available externally.

All NatCatSERVICE loss figures and charts published on munichre.com may be used free of charge as per our copyright policy, provided they are appropriately attributed to Munich Re, NatCatSERVICE.