Calgary’s July hailstorm causes record amount of insured damage

Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) says that a storm that pummeled Calgary and parts of southern Alberta with golf ball-sized hail earlier this summer has resulted in a record amount of insured damage for a hailstorm in Canada.

The July 12 weather event produced a sudden downpour and fierce hail large enough to dent cars.

Reports indicate that insured damage from the July hailstorm is almost $400 million, with tens of thousands of claims have been reported. (Data is from PCS Canada. )

IBC says that many Albertans will still remember the deadly windstorms that rolled across the province last summer. Then, as now, insurers were there to help Albertans repair and recover.

“That one weekend of bad weather last summer resulted in an estimated $347 million in insured damage,” said Doug Noble, Vice-President, Alberta and the North, IBC, in a press release. “There is no doubt that we are seeing more and more the impact of severe weather in Alberta.”

It was another Calgary weather event that held the previous record for insured damage as a result of a hailstorm. In 1991, a 30-minute storm generated approximately 62,000 insurance claims and $342 million in home and auto property damage.