| Top 20 Costliest Terrorist Acts By Insured Property Losses |
(2016 $ millions)
|
| Rank |
Date |
Country |
Location |
Event |
Insured
property
loss (1) |
Fatalities |
| 1 |
September 11, 2001 |
United States |
New York,
Washington DC,
Pennsylvania |
Hijacked airliners crash
into World Trade Center
and Pentagon |
$25,674 |
2,982 |
| 2 |
April 24, 1993 |
United Kingdom |
London |
Bomb explodes near
NatWest tower in the
financial district |
1,240 |
1 |
| 3 |
June 15, 1996 |
United Kingdom |
Manchester |
Irish Republican Army (IRA) car bomb explodes near
shopping mall |
1,017 |
0 |
| 4 |
April 10, 1992 |
United Kingdom |
London |
Bomb explodes in financial district |
918 |
3 |
| 5 |
February 26, 1993 |
United States |
New York |
Bomb explodes in garage
of World Trade Center |
854 |
6 |
| 6 |
July 24, 2001 |
Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Rebels destroy 3 airliners,
8 military aircraft and
heavily damage
3 civilian aircraft |
544 |
20 |
| 7 |
February 9, 1996 |
United Kingdom |
London |
IRA bomb explodes in
South Key Docklands |
354 |
2 |
| 8 |
June 23, 1985 |
North Atlantic |
Irish Sea |
Bomb explodes on board
of an Air India Boeing 747 |
222 |
329 |
| 9 |
April 19, 1995 |
United States |
OK, Oklahoma City |
Truck bomb crashes into
government building |
199 |
166 |
| 10 |
September 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 |
174 |
0 |
| 11 |
September 6, 1970 |
Egypt |
Cairo |
Hijacked PanAm B-747
dynamited on ground |
151 |
0 |
| 12 |
April 11, 1992 |
United Kingdom |
London |
Bomb explodes in
financial district |
131 |
0 |
| 13 |
November 26, 2008 |
India |
Mumbai |
Attack on two hotels;
Jewish center |
115 |
172 |
| 14 |
March 27, 1993 |
Germany |
Weiterstadt |
Bomb attack on a newly built, still unoccupied prison |
97 |
0 |
| 15 |
December 30, 2006 |
Spain |
Madrid |
Bomb explodes in car
garage at Barajas Airport |
80 |
2 |
| 16 |
December 21, 1988 |
United Kingdom |
Lockerbie |
Bomb explodes on board
of a PanAm Boeing 747 |
78 |
270 |
| 17 |
July 25, 1983 |
Sri Lanka |
|
Riot |
64 |
0 |
| 18 |
July 7, 2005 |
United Kingdom |
London |
Four bombs explode during rush hour in a tube and bus |
64 |
52 |
| 19 |
November 23, 1996 |
Comoros |
Indian Ocean |
Hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-260 ditched at sea |
61 |
127 |
| 20 |
March 17, 1992 |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Bomb attack on Israel's
embassy in Buenos Aires |
52 |
24 |
(1) Includes bodily injury and aviation hull losses. Updated to 2016 dollars by the Insurance Information Institute using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI Inflation Calculator.
(2) Differs from inflation-adjusted estimates made by other organizations due to the use of different deflators.
Source: Swiss Re. |
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