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AM Best: KCC and Gallagher Re estimate Hurricane Isaias insured losses

The AM Best headline puts the estimate in the low billions of dollars; the available article text describes a low- to mid-single-digit range.

At a glance

  1. The available article text does not specify the unit behind the low- to mid-single-digit range, and the rest of the story sits behind the news service's subscription requirement.
  2. AM Best describes Isaias as the latest first landfalling hurricane of a season on record.
  3. The extract does not state a dollar figure for the loss estimate, so it does not establish whether the event reaches any reinsurance or catastrophe bond attachment point.

KCC & Co. and Gallagher Re estimate insured losses from Hurricane Isaias in the low- to mid-single-digit range, AM Best News reported on Oct. 15, 2026.

The headline on the AM Best item puts the figure in the low billions of dollars. The available article text does not specify the unit behind the low- to mid-single-digit range, and the rest of the story sits behind the news service's subscription requirement.

AM Best describes Isaias as the latest first landfalling hurricane of a season on record. The extract does not state a dollar figure for the loss estimate, so it does not establish whether the event reaches any reinsurance or catastrophe bond attachment point.

Reported by the Cat bonds & reinsurance desk from AM Best News. Published . Corrections

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