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Facts + Statistics: Winter storms

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Winter storms caused nearly $6 billion in insured losses in 2022, the second-highest year on record for winter storm insured losses in the last ten years, according to Aon. The third costliest winter event since 1950 occurred in December 2022, amounting to $3.5 billion insured losses. Winter storms include snow, ice, freezing and flooding.

Fiscal year	Number of charge resolutions (1)	Year over year change	Percent of resolutions closed with monetary benefit	Monetary benefit ($ millions) (2)	Year over year change
2014	87,442	NA	17.5%	$296.1	NA
2015	92,641	5.9%	18.1	356.6	20.4%
2016	97,443	5.2	16.2	348.0	-2.4
2017	99,109	1.7	14.8	355.6	2.2
2018	90,558	-8.6	15.2	353.9	-0.5
2019	80,806	-10.8	15.6	346.6	-2.1
2020	70,804	-12.4	17.4	333.2	-3.9
2021	62,187	-12.2	19.2	350.7	5.3
2022	65,087	4.7	18.6	342.1	-2.5
2023	81,180	24.7	18.0	440.5	28.8

(1) This does not include charges filed with state or local Fair Employment Practices Agencies. (2) This does not include monetary benefits obtained through litigation. NA=Data not available. Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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