- MarchIndonesia: January 18: floods claim the lives of 41 people and cause damages estimated at 311 million USD [4] Australia:
- January 18: bush fires in the south east of the country, 100 million USD in insured losses
- January 28: floods, 6 killed and 314 million USD in insured losses
- June
- July
- September
- DecemberPhilippines: November 8: typhoon Haiyan, huge economic losses but limited insured damages [7]
Tacloban, island of Leyte © Trocaire [8], CC BY 2.0 [9]
- March
- MaySaudi Arabia: April 6: fire at Riyad’s Haram Plaza hotel, damages estimated at 10.6 million USD [11] United States: April 15: Boston attacks, 3 killed and 144 people injured
[12]April 17: explosion in fertilizers’ factory in Texas, 14 killed and 200 injured, damages estimated at 100 million USD [13] - June
- JulyCanada: July 5: derailment of a 72-tank-car train in Quebec, 47 people killed France: July 12: derailment of a passenger train at Brétigny-sur-Orge, seven people killed
Spain: July 24: derailment of a train in north western Spain, causing the death of 79 passengersDerailment of a train in France © Poudou99 [16], CC BY-SA 3.0 [17] - SeptemberItaly: September 16: the sinking of “Costa Concordia” cruise ship caused losses of 826 million USD
- November