Amlin (AML.L) expects to absorb claims of about 145 million pounds, while rival Lancashire (LRE.L) estimates its loss at between $40 million and $60 million, the companies said on Thursday.
Sandy, which killed 132 people as it swept through the north-eastern United States on October 29, is expected to cost the insurance industry up to $25 billion, making it the second-costliest storm after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, reports Reuters.
The Lloyd’s of London LOL.UL insurance market said on Wednesday Sandy could cost it up to $2.5 billion, making it the third-biggest loss in its 324-year history.
Amlin, one of the insurers which operates at Lloyd’s, said it still expected to make a profit this year from its reinsurance business even though it accounted for 80 percent of the estimated Sandy loss.
Total catastrophe-related claims for the year were only “modestly above” the amount it had budgeted for, it added.
Analysts have said insurers’ total claims bill for 2012 should still be manageable thanks to a relative absence of major natural disasters in the first 10 months of the year.
