THE TWENTY WORST TERRORIST ACTS BY INSURED PROPERTY LOSSES

(2009 $ millions)

Rank Date Country Location Event Insured property loss (1) Fatalities
1 Sept. 11, 2001 U.S. New York, Washington DC,
Pennsylvania
Hijacked airliners crash
into World Trade Center and Pentagon
$22,767 2,982
2 Apr. 24, 1993 U.K. London Bomb explodes near NatWest tower in the financial district 1,099 1
3 Jun. 15, 1996 U.K. Manchester Irish Republican Army (IRA) car bomb explodes near shopping mall 902 0
4 Apr. 10, 1992 U.K. London Bomb explodes in financial district 813 3
5 Feb. 26, 1993 U.S. New York Bomb explodes in garage of World Trade Center 758 6
6 Jul. 24, 2001 Sri Lanka Colombo Rebels destroy 3 airliners, 8 military aircraft and heavily damage 3 civilian aircraft 483 20
7 Feb. 9, 1996 U.K. London IRA bomb explodes in South Key Docklands 314 2
8 Jun. 23, 1985 North Atlantic Irish Sea Bomb explodes on board of an Air India Boeing 747 196 329
9 Apr.19, 1995 U.S. Oklahoma City Truck bomb crashes into government building 176 166
10 Sept. 12, 1970 Jordan Zerqa, Dawson's Field
(disused RAF airstrip in desert)
Hijacked Swissair DC-8, TWA Boeing 707, BOAC VC-10 dynamited on ground 154 0
11 Sept. 6, 1970 Egypt Cairo Hijacked PanAm B-747 dynamited on ground 134 0
12 Apr.11, 1992 U.K. London Bomb explodes in financial district 116 0
13 Nov. 26, 2008 India Mumbai Attack on two hotels; Jewish center 102 172
14 Mar. 27, 1993 Germany Weiterstadt Bomb attack on a newly built, still unoccupied prison 86 0
15 Dec. 30, 2006 Spain Madrid Bomb explodes in car garage at Barajas Airport 70 2
16 Dec. 21, 1988 U.K. Lockerbie Bomb explodes on board of a PanAm Boeing 747 69 270
17 Jul. 25, 1983 Sri Lanka   Riot 57 0
18 Jul. 7, 2005 U.K. London Four bombs explode during rush hour in a tube and bus 57 52
19 Nov. 23, 1996 Comoros Indian Ocean Hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-260 ditched at sea 55 127
20 Mar. 17, 1992 Argentina Buenos Aires Bomb attack on Israel's embassy in Buenos Aires 46 24

(1) Includes bodily injury and aviation hull losses.

Source: Swiss Re.