探花精选

THE TEN MOST COSTLY WORLD INSURANCE LOSSES, 1970-2010 (1)

($ millions)

Rate Date Country Event Insured loss in 2010
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
$72,302
2 Aug. 23, 1992 U.S., Bahamas Hurricane Andrew: floods 24,870
3 Sep. 11, 2001 U.S. Terror attacks on WTC, Pentagon
and other buildings
23,131
4 Jan. 17, 1994 U.S. Northridge earthquake (M 6.6) 20,601
5 Sep. 6, 2008 U.S., Caribbean: Gulf of
Mexico et al.
Hurricane Ike; floods, offshore damage 20,483
6 Sep. 2, 2004 U.S., Caribbean; Barbados et al. Hurricane Ivan; damage to oil rigs 14,876
7 Oct. 19, 2005 U.S., Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti et al. Hurricane Wilma; floods 14,028
8 Sep. 20, 2005 U.S., Gulf of Mexico, Cuba Hurricane Rita; floods, damage to oil rigs 11,266
9 Aug. 11, 2004 U.S., Cuba, Jamaica et al. Hurricane Charley; floods 9,295
10 Sep. 27, 1991 Japan Typhoon Mireille/No. 19 9,041

(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 2010 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. 1/2011.