Rank	Date	Country	Event	Insured loss in 2008 U.S. dollars (2)
1	Aug. 25, 2005	U.S., Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, North Atlantic	Hurricane Katrina; floods, dams burst, damage to oil rigs	$71,300
2	Aug. 23, 1992	U.S., Bahamas	Hurricane Andrew; floods	24,552
3	Sep. 11, 2001	U.S.	Terror attacks on WTC, Pentagon and other buildings	22,835
4	Jan. 17, 1994	U.S.	Northridge earthquake (magnitude 6.6)	20,337
5	Sep. 9, 2008	U.S., Caribbean: Gulf of Mexico et al.	Hurricane Ike; floods, offshore damage	20,000
6	Sep. 2, 2004	U.S., Caribbean: Barbados et al.	Hurricane Ivan; damage to oil rigs	14,680
7	Oct. 19, 2005	U.S., Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti et al.	Hurricane Wilma; torrential rain, floods	13,847
8	Sep. 20, 2005	U.S., Gulf of Mexico, Cuba	Hurricane Rita; floods, damage to oil rigs	11,122
9	Aug. 11, 2004	U.S., Cuba, Jamaica et al.	Hurricane Charley; floods	9,176
10	Sep. 27, 1991	Japan	Typhoon Mireille/No. 19	8,926

(1) Property and business interruption losses, excluding life and liability losses. Includes flood losses in the United States insured via the National Flood 探花精选 Program.
(2) Adjusted to 2008 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.