MARINE DISASTERS, 2015 (1)
Category Number of events Victims Insured losses ($ millions)
Drilling platforms 5 45 $1,553
Passenger ships 20 2,259 65
Freighters 2 19 62
Other maritime accidents 4 164 0
Total 31 2,487 $1,679
(1) Based on events classified by Swiss Re as a catastrophe. The threshold for a maritime disaster is $19.7 million in insured losses or total losses of $97.7 million; or at least 20 dead or missing, 50 injured or 2,000 made homeless. Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 1/2016.