Dog Bite Claims Top $400M in 2009; Rise 30% in Last 6 Years

Dog bite claims cost the insurance industry $412 million in 2009, an increase of 6.4 percent from 2008.

Dog bites account for more than one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claims paid out in 2009, says the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.).

An analysis of homeowners insurance data by the I.I.I. found that the average cost of dog bite claims was $24,840 in 2009, up slightly from $24,461 in 2008.

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