| Top 10 Costliest Catastrophes, United States (1) |
($ millions)
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Estimated insured property losses |
| Rank |
Date |
Peril |
Dollars when occurred |
In 2016 dollars (2) |
| 1 |
Aug. 2005 |
Hurricane Katrina |
$ 41,100 |
$ 49,793 |
| 2 |
Sep. 2001 |
Fire, Explosion: World Trade Center, Pentagon terrorist attacks |
18,779 |
24,987 |
| 3 |
Aug. 1992 |
Hurricane Andrew |
15,500 |
24,478 |
| 4 |
Oct. 2012 |
Hurricane Sandy |
18,750 |
19,860 |
| 5 |
Jan. 1994 |
Northridge, CA earthquake |
12,500 |
18,880 |
| 6 |
Sep. 2008 |
Hurricane Ike |
12,500 |
14,036 |
| 7 |
Oct. 2005 |
Hurricane Wilma |
10,300 |
12,479 |
| 8 |
Aug. 2004 |
Hurricane Charley |
7,475 |
9,348 |
| 9 |
Sep. 2004 |
Hurricane Ivan |
7,110 |
8,891 |
| 10 |
Apr. 2011 |
Flooding, hail and wind including the tornadoes
that struck Tuscaloosa and other locations |
7,300 |
7,875 |
(1) Property losses only. Excludes flood damage covered by the federally administered National Flood Insurance Program.
(2) Adjusted for inflation through 2016 by ISO using the GDP implicit price deflator.
Source: The Property Claim Services庐 (PCS庐) unit of ISO庐, a Verisk Analytics庐 company. |
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