Avalanche/landslide Storm damage has become more frequent and more expensive in Switzerland
Storm damage has increased by 126 percent in the last ten years. The costs have risen by 133 percent in the same period, as a data analysis by Helvetia Insurance shows.
26.06.2025, 07:39
SDA
This accumulation of severe weather events from 2021 to 2024 is exceptional, the insurance group wrote in a press release on Thursday. Claims increased in all areas such as storms, floods, landslides, rockfalls and hail.
However, hail damage was the most expensive. In the last ten years, reported hail damage has risen by 366 percent and the amount of damage by as much as 490 percent.
Adrian Kollegger from the Helvetia Executive Board was quoted as saying that the sharp increase was due to climate change. "We expect the loss amounts to continue to rise in the future as a result of climate change."
