| Rate |
Date |
Country |
Event |
Insured loss in 2011 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 |
$74,686 |
| 2 |
Mar. 11, 2011 |
Japan |
Earthquake (Mw 9.0) triggers tsunami; aftershocks |
35,000 |
| 3 |
Aug. 23, 1992 |
U.S., Bahamas |
Hurricane Andrew; floods |
25,641 |
| 4 |
Sep. 11, 2001 |
U.S. |
Terror attacks on WTC, Pentagon and other buildings |
23,848 |
| 5 |
Jan. 17, 1994 |
U.S. |
Northridge earthquake (M 6.6) |
21,239 |
| 6 |
Sep. 6, 2008 |
U.S., Caribbean:
Gulf of Mexico et al. |
Hurricane Ike; floods, offshore damage |
21,141 |
| 7 |
Sep. 2, 2004 |
U.S., Caribbean;
Barbados et al. |
Hurricane Ivan: damage to oil rigs |
15,350 |
| 8 |
Oct. 19, 2005 |
U.S., Mexico, Jamaica,
Haiti et al. |
Hurricane Wilma; floods |
14,468 |
| 9 |
Jul. 27, 2011 |
Thailand |
Flood caused by heavy monsoon rains |
12,000 |
| 10 |
Feb. 22, 2011 |
New Zealand |
Earthquake (Mw 6.3), aftershock (Mw 5.6) |
12,000 |
(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 2011 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. 2/2012. |