Zurich lists world’s biggest insurance disasters

Zurich North America has listed the world’s ten most mega disasters chronologically as:

  • 9/11 - 2001
  • SARS - 2003
  • 2003 US/Canada power outage - 2003
  • 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami – 2004
  • Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma – 2005
  • Financial crisis – 2008
  • China earthquake – 2008
  • H1N1 pandemic - 2009
  • Iceland volcano - 2010
  • Floods in Europe and Pakistan – 2010

Zurich released the list ahead of the REBEX 2010, Regional Risk Management Conference & Exhibition, in Wheeling, where it will present 10 lessons learned from the "Top Ten Mega Disasters".

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