| Top 20 Costliest Terrorist Acts by Insured Property Losses |
(2019 $ millions)
|
| Rank |
Date |
Country |
Location |
Event |
Insured
property
loss (1) |
Fatalities |
| 1 |
Sep. 11, 2001 |
United States |
New York, Washington DC,
Pennsylvania |
Hijacked airliners crash into
World Trade Center and Pentagon |
$27,125 (2) |
2,982 |
| 2 |
Apr. 24, 1993 |
United Kingdom |
London |
Bomb explodes near NatWest tower
in the financial district |
1,310 |
1 |
| 3 |
Jun. 15, 1996 |
United Kingdom |
Manchester |
Irish Republican Army (IRA) car bomb
explodes near shopping mall |
1,074 |
0 |
| 4 |
Apr. 10, 1992 |
United Kingdom |
London |
Bomb explodes in financial district |
969 |
3 |
| 5 |
Feb. 26, 1993 |
United States |
New York |
Bomb explodes in garage of World Trade Center |
903 |
6 |
| 6 |
Jul. 24, 2001 |
Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
Rebels destroy 3 airliners, 8 military aircraft and
heavily damage 3 civilian aircraft |
575 |
20 |
| 7 |
Feb. 9, 1996 |
United Kingdom |
London |
IRA bomb explodes in South Key Docklands |
374 |
2 |
| 8 |
Jun. 23, 1985 |
North Atlantic |
Irish Sea |
Bomb explodes on board of an Air India Boeing 747 |
234 |
329 |
| 9 |
Apr. 19, 1995 |
United States |
OK, Oklahoma City |
Truck bomb detonates outside government building |
210 |
166 |
| 10 |
Sep. 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 |
183 |
0 |
| 11 |
Sep. 6, 1970 |
Egypt |
Cairo |
Hijacked PanAm B-747 dynamited on ground |
160 |
0 |
| 12 |
Apr. 11, 1992 |
United Kingdom |
London |
Bomb explodes in financial district |
138 |
0 |
| 13 |
Nov. 26, 2008 |
India |
Mumbai |
Attack on two hotels; Jewish center |
122 |
172 |
| 14 |
Mar. 27, 1993 |
Germany |
Weiterstadt |
Bomb attack on a newly built, still unoccupied prison |
102 |
0 |
| 15 |
Dec. 30, 2006 |
Spain |
Madrid |
Bomb explodes in car garage at Barajas Airport |
84 |
2 |
| 16 |
Dec. 21, 1988 |
United Kingdom |
Lockerbie |
Bomb explodes on board of a PanAm Boeing 747 |
82 |
270 |
| 17 |
Jul. 25, 1983 |
Sri Lanka |
|
Riot |
68 |
0 |
| 18 |
Jul. 7, 2005 |
United Kingdom |
London |
Four bombs explode during rush hour in the London Underground and on a bus |
67 |
52 |
| 19 |
Nov. 23, 1996 |
Comoros |
Indian Ocean |
Hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-260 ditched at sea |
65 |
127 |
| 20 |
Mar. 17, 1992 |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
Bomb attack on Israel's embassy in Buenos Aires |
55 |
24 |
(1) Includes bodily injury and aviation hull losses. Updated to 2019 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, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Insurance Information Institute. |
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