Does anyone have any statistics on the percentage of insurance claims for tree related problems? When assessing risk, perhaps this would be useful to have. I'm thinking about contacting some insurance groups but haven't done so yet. It would be useful to be able to have at least a 20 year record, and be able to break it into smaller time intervals from that.

Reply to post by Debbie Ellis, on October 15, 1998 at 23:42:35:

Debbie, Mark Duntemann at Natural Path Urban Forestry may have had some contact with insurance risk managers. MARKD@NATURALPATH.com

Reply to post by Debbie Ellis, on October 15, 1998 at 23:42:35:

UK claims for tree associated damage to buildings on shrinkable clay soils:

Recent Subsidence Claims

Gross Claims (£M) Number of Claims

1993 134 34,000
1994 125 27,600
1995 326 44,700
1996 333 47,700
1997 393 45,900

Association of British Insurers (ABI)

Contact the US head of insurers for more details.

Paul H.