| Rank |
Date |
Country |
Event |
Insured loss in
2009 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 |
$71,163 |
| 2 |
Aug. 23, 1992 |
U.S., Bahamas |
Hurricane Andrew; floods |
24,479 |
| 3 |
Sep. 11, 2001 |
U.S. |
Terrorist attacks on WTC, Pentagon and other buildings |
22,767 |
| 4 |
Jan. 17, 1994 |
U.S. |
Northridge earthquake (magnitude 6.6) |
20,276 |
| 5 |
Sep. 9, 2008 |
U.S., Caribbean: Gulf of Mexico, et al. |
Hurricane Ike; floods, offshore damage |
19,940 |
| 6 |
Sep. 2, 2004 |
U.S., Caribbean: Barbados, et al. |
Hurricane Ivan; damage to oil rigs |
14,642 |
| 7 |
Oct. 19, 2005 |
U.S., Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti, et al. |
Hurricane Wilma; torrential rain, floods |
13,807 |
| 8 |
Sep. 20, 2005 |
U.S., Gulf of Mexico, Cuba |
Hurricane Rita; floods, damage to oil rigs |
11,089 |
| 9 |
Aug. 11, 2004 |
U.S., Cuba, Jamaica, et al. |
Hurricane Charley; floods |
9,148 |
| 10 |
Sep. 27, 1991 |
Japan |
Typhoon Mireille/No.19 |
8,899 |
(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 2009 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.1/2010. |