At least one catastrophe modeling firm, according to SNL, has already begun to place a dollar figure on the potential damages from Hurricane Sandy. In an estimate published yesterday, EQECAT predicted $5 billion to $10 billion in insured losses along the East Coast, based on economic damages of between $10 billion and $20 billion.
It would seem that those numbers will climb higher.
The insurers with the most exposure to Hurricane Sandy:
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