Rank |
Date |
Country |
Event |
Insured loss in U.S. dollars |
1 |
Oct. 24 |
U.S., et al. |
Hurricane Sandy |
$35,000 (2) |
2 |
Jul. 15 |
U.S. |
Drought in the Corn Belt |
11,000 (3) |
3 |
Mar. 2 |
U.S. |
Severe storms, tornadoes |
2,500 |
4 |
Apr. 28 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms, large hail, tornadoes |
2,500 |
5 |
Jun. 28 |
U.S. |
Derecho storm with winds up to 146 km/h, tornadoes, hail |
2,000 |
6 |
May 25 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes |
1,700 |
7 |
May |
Italy |
Earthquakes (Mw 5.9 and Mw 5.8), aftershocks |
1,622 |
8 |
Aug. 26 |
U.S., et al. |
Hurricane Isaac |
1,600 (4) |
9 |
Jun. 6 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms, large hail, tornadoes |
1,000 |
10 |
Jun. 11 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms, large hail, tornadoes |
950 |
11 |
Apr. 13 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms, more than 100 tornadoes, hail, flooding (Wichita) |
910 |
12 |
Apr. 3 |
Japan |
Storms with winds up to 150 km/h |
841 |
13 |
Jun. |
U.K. |
Floods caused by heavy rains (two events) |
813 |
14 |
Nov. 23 |
U.K. |
Floods caused by heavy rains |
813 |
15 |
Apr. 28 |
U.S. |
Thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, heavy rains |
775 |
16 |
Aug. 12 |
Canada |
Hailstorm |
532 |
17 |
Jan. 13 |
Italy |
Cruise liner Costa Concordia capsizes after hitting rocks |
515 |
18 |
Jun. 24 |
U.S. |
Waldo Canyon Fire; 346 houses destroyed |
450 |
19 |
Jan. 4 |
Germany, et al. |
Windstorm Andrea |
443 |
20 |
Mar. 31 |
Germany |
Explosion at chemical plant |
(5) |
(1) Property and business interruption losses, excludes life and liability losses. Includes flood losses in the U.S. insured via the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). 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.
(2) Includes $20 to $25 billion of private insurance industry loss and flood claims covered by the NFIP.
(3) Includes losses from federal multiple peril crop insurance.
(4) Includes flood claims covered by the NFIP.
(5) Data not publicly available.
Source: Swiss Re, sigma, No. 2/2013; The Property Claim Services (PCS) unit of ISO, a Verisk Analytics company, insured losses for natural catastrophes in the United States. |