Rank |
Date |
Location |
Event |
Insured loss in U.S. dollars |
1 |
Jan. 24 |
France, Spain |
Winter storm Klaus, winds up to
170 km/h; heavy rain |
$3,372 |
2 |
Feb. 10 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms, winds up to 145 km/h; hail |
1,350 |
3 |
Jul. 23 |
Switzerland, Austria,
Poland et al. |
Hail storm Wolfgang, winds up to
130 km/h |
1,193 |
4 |
Apr. 9 |
U.S. |
Tornadoes, storms, winds up to
105 km/h; hail |
1,130 |
5 |
Feb. 7 |
Australia |
Victorian bush fires, winds up to
100 km/h |
1,079 |
6 |
Jun. 10 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms, winds up to 128 km/h |
1,050 |
7 |
Mar. 25 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms with hail |
995 |
8 |
Jul. 20 |
U.S. |
Storms, heavy rain, hail |
800 |
9 |
May 26 |
France, Germany, Belgium |
Hail storm Felix, winds up to 90 km/h |
760 |
10 |
Oct. 8 |
Japan |
Typhoon Melor/No. 18, winds up to
204 km/h |
615 |
11 |
May 7 |
U.S. |
Storms, thunderstorms, winds up to
145 km/h; floods |
570 |
12 |
Apr. 1 |
Canada |
Losses to crops due to drought |
569 |
13 |
Jan. 26 |
U.S. |
Winter storm, snow, ice, power outages |
565 |
14 |
Apr. 6 |
Italy |
Earthquake (Mw 6.3), aftershocks |
502 |
15 |
Jun. 5 |
U.S. |
Storms, hail, heavy rain; floods |
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. 1/2010; ISO's Property Claims Services (PCS) unit, insured losses for natural catastrophes in the United States. |