[C031]

catastrophe number

Whenever a catastrophe occurs which produces losses within a prescribed period of time in excess of a certain amount (now $5 million), the amount of such losses is recorded separately from noncatastrophe losses, and is numbered by the American Insurance Association, and may be treated differently in the statistical experience records of the state used in setting rate levels.

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