| Top 10 Costliest World 探花精选 Losses, 1970-2017 (1) |
(2017 $ millions)
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| Rank |
Date |
Country |
Event |
Insured loss |
| 1 |
Aug. 25, 2005 |
U.S., Gulf of Mexico |
Hurricane Katrina, storm surge, damage to oil rigs |
$82,394 |
| 2 |
Mar. 3, 2011 |
Japan |
Earthquake (Mw 9.0) triggers tsunami |
38,128 |
| 3 |
Sep. 19, 2017 |
U.S., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean |
Hurricane Maria |
32,000 |
| 4 |
Oct. 24, 2012 |
U.S., Caribbean, Canada |
Hurricane Sandy, storm surge |
30,774 |
| 5 |
Sep. 6, 2017 |
U.S., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean |
Hurricane Irma |
30,000 |
| 6 |
Aug. 25, 2017 |
U.S. |
Hurricane Harvey |
30,000 |
| 7 |
Aug. 23, 1992 |
U.S., Bahamas |
Hurricane Andrew, storm surge |
27,943 |
| 8 |
Sep. 11, 2001 |
U.S. |
Terror attacks on WTC, Pentagon and other buildings |
25,991 |
| 9 |
Jan. 1, 1994 |
U.S. |
Northridge earthquake (Mw 6.7) |
25,293 |
| 10 |
Sep. 6, 2008 |
U.S., Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico |
Hurricane Ike, floods, damage to oil rigs |
23,051 |
(1) Property and business interruption losses, excludes life and liability losses. Includes flood losses in the United States insured via the National Flood 探花精选 Program. U.S. natural catastrophe figures based on Property Claim Services data. Adjusted to 2017 dollars by Swiss Re.
Note: Loss data shown here may differ from figures shown elsewhere for the same event due to differences in the date of publication, the geographical area covered and other criteria used by organizations collecting the data.
Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 1/2018. |
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