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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