Rank |
Date |
Country |
Event |
Insured loss
in U.S. dollars |
1 |
Feb. 27 |
Chile |
Earthquake (Mw 8.8) triggers tsunami,
over 200 aftershocks |
$8,000 |
2 |
Sep. 4 |
New Zealand |
Earthquake (Mw 7.0), over 300 aftershocks |
4,453 |
3 |
Feb. 27 |
France, Germany,
Belgium et al. |
Winter storm Xynthia, winds up to 160 km/h |
2,754 |
4 |
Oct. 4 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, floods |
2,165 |
5 |
Dec. 23 |
Australia |
Floods caused by heavy rains, tropical
cyclone Tasha |
2,050 |
6 |
May 12 |
U.S. |
Storms, winds up to 130 km/h, hail |
2,000 |
7 |
Mar. 13 |
U.S. |
Storm, winds up to 120 km/h, heavy rain,
floods |
1,231 |
8 |
Mar. 22 |
Australia |
Storm, winds up to 120 km/h, hail, rain,
mudslides |
1,079 |
9 |
Mar. 6 |
Australia |
Storms, hail, rain, floods |
1,070 |
10 |
Apr. 20 |
Gulf of Mexico,
U.S. |
Explosion on Deepwater Horizon oil rig |
1,000 |
11 |
Apr. 30 |
U.S. |
Floods caused by heavy rain, storms |
820 |
12 |
Jun. 15 |
France |
Floods caused by heavy rain |
818 |
13 |
Jul. 20 |
U.S. |
Storms, floods, hail, tornado |
785 |
14 |
May 29 |
China |
Floods, mudslides caused by heavy
monsoonal rain |
761 |
15 |
Jun. 10 |
U.S. |
Storms, winds up to 97 km/h, hail, heavy
rain, floods |
695 |
16 |
Jun. 17 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms, heavy rains, floods |
620 |
17 |
May 10 |
U.S. |
Tornadoes, hail |
610 |
18 |
Feb. 9 |
U.S. |
Winter storm, winds up to 80 km/h, snow |
600 |
19 |
Aug. 6 |
Germany, Czech
Republic et al. |
Floods caused by heavy rain |
591 |
20 |
Jul. 12 |
Canada |
Hailstorm, heavy rain; damage to buildings
and cars |
More than 500 |
(1) Property and business interruption losses, excluding life and liability losses. 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; The Property Claim Services (PCS) unit of ISO, a Verisk Analytics company, insured losses for natural catastrophes in the United States. |