Catastrophe Codes

Codes can be allocated to a single loss occurring on a specified date or to a single loss incurred over a number of days.

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In these instances, the code is allocated based upon the year the accident occurred, followed by an alphabet suffix. A loss attributable to a common cause which occurs over a period of time and is not date specific is assigned a code which may be prefixed by * or !.

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Catastrophe codes issued in 2022:

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
23A	Floods, landslides and sinkholes, California, USA - in the period 1 January 2023 and ongoing	1 January 2023 and ongoing
23B	New Zealand flooding in the period 27 January 2023 and ongoing	27 January 2023 and ongoing
23C	Earthquakes in the middle east in the period 6 February 2023 and 8 February 2023	6 February 2023 and 8 February 2023
23CA	Earthquakes in the middle east in the period 6 February 2023 and affecting Turkey	6 February 2023 and 8 February 2023
23CB	Earthquakes in the middle east in the period 6 February 2023 and affecting Syria	6 Feburary 2023 and 8 February 2023

Catastrophe codes issued in 2022:

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
22A	Storm Dudley, affecting the UK and Europe in the period 16 and 17 February 2022	16 and 17 February 2022
22B	Storm Eunice, affecting the UK and Europe in the period 18 February 2022	18 February 2022
22C	Storm Franklin, affecting the UK and Europe in the period 20 and 21 February 2022	20 and 21 February 2022
22D	Eastern Australia Floods (QLD & NSW) in the period 23 February and 7 March 2022	21 February and 9 March 2022
22E	Hurricane Fiona, affecting the Caribbean and Eastern Coast of North America in the period 18 September 2022 to ongoing	18 September 2022 to ongoing
22F	Hurricane Ian commencing 27 September 2022 and ongoing	27 September 2022 and ongoing
22FA	Hurricane Ian commencing 28 September 2022 and affecting Florida	28 September 2022 and ongoing
22FB	Hurricane Ian commencing 28 September 2022 and affecting Georgia	28 September 2022 and ongoing
22FC	Hurricane Ian commencing 28 September 2022 and affecting South Carolina	28 September 2022 and ongoing
UKRA	Losses directly arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, commencing February 2022 (i.e. a physical damage loss on a factory located in Ukraine)	February 2022 to ongoing
UKCL	Losses indirectly arising from, or in consequence of, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine commencing February 2022 (including losses caused by the impact of sanctions).	February 2022 to ongoing
22G	Hurricane Nicole in the period 10 November 2022 and 14 November 2022	10 and 14 November 2022
22H	Storm Elliot in the period 22 December 2022 and 26 December 2022	22 and 26 December 2022
22I	Atmospheric rivers, California, USA. Commencing 26 December 2022 to 31 December 2022	26 December 2022 and 31 December 2022

Catastrophe codes issued in 2021:

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
21A	US Winter Storm commencing 12 February 2021	12 February 2021 and 17 February 2021
21AA	US Winter Storm affecting Texas commencing 12 February 2021	12 February 2021 and 19 February 2021
21B	New South Wales flooding commencing 18 March 2021	18 March 2021 and 1 June 2021
21C	European flooding commencing 12th July 2021	12th July 2021 and 25 July 2021
21D	Civil Unrest in South Africa, commencing 8 July 2021	8 July 2021 and 18 July 2021
21E	Tropical Storm Henri commencing 20th August 2021	20th August 2021 and 25 August 2021
21F	Hurricane Ida commencing 27th August 2021	27th August 2021 and 5 September 2021
21G	Pacific Northwest floods including British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA commencing 12 November 2021	12 November 2021 and 16 November 2021
21H	Tornado outbreak affecting Kentucky, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee commencing 10 December 2021	10 December 2021 and 11 December 2021

Catastrophe codes issued in 2020:

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
20A	Australian wildfires commencing 1 August 2019	1 August 2019 and 3 May 2020 and ongoing
20AA	New South Wales wildfires commencing 1 August 2019	1 August 2019 and 13 February 2020 and ongoing
20AB	Victoria wildfires commencing 21 November 2019	21 November 2019 and 27 February 2020
20AC	Western Australia wildfires commencing 13 November 2019	13 November 2019 and 3 May 2020
20B	Australian hailstorm commencing 19 January 2020	19 January 2020 and 21 January 2020
20BA	Australian hailstorm affecting New South Wales commencing 19 January 2020	19 January 2020 and 21 January 2020
20BB	Australian hailstorm affecting Victoria commencing 19 January 2020	19 January 2020 and 21 January 2020
20C	Storm Ciara commencing 5 February 2020	5th February and 16 February 2020
20D	Storm Dennis commencing 15 February 2020	15th February and 18 February 2020
20E	Tornadoes affecting Tennessee, United States commencing 2 March 2020,	2 March 2020 and 3 March 2020
20F	Severe weather occurring on 12 and 13 April 2020 in the State of South Carolina	12 April 2020 and 13 April 2020
20G	Tornadoes affecting Tennessee, United States, commencing 12 April 2020	12 April 2020 and 13 April 2020
20H	Hailstorm affecting Calgary, Alberta, 13 June 2020	13 June 2020
20J	Storm Hanna commencing 25 July	25 July 2020 and 26 July 2020
20K	Explosion in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, 4 August 2020	4 August 2020
20L	Hurricane Isaias commencing 31 July	31st July 2020 and 5 August 2020
20LA	Hurricane Isaias commencing 31 July 2020 affecting the Bahamas	31st July and ongoing 1 August 2020
20LB	Hurricane Isaias commencing 31 July 2020 affecting Florida	31 July 2020 and 3 August 2020
20LC	Hurricane Isaias commencing 31 July 2020 affecting South Carolina	31 July 2020 and 4 August 2020
20LD	Hurricane Isaias commencing 31 July 2020 affecting North Carolina	31 July 2020 and 3 August 2020
20LE	Hurricane Isaias commencing 31 July 2020 affecting Virginia	31 July 2020 and 1 August 2020
20LF	Hurricane Isaias commencing 31 July 2020 affecting Delaware	31 July 2020 and 4 August 2020
20LG	Hurricane Isaias commencing 31 July 2020 affecting New Jersey	31 July 2020 and 4 August 2020
20LH	Hurricane Isaias commencing 31 July 2020 affecting New York State	31 July 2020 and 5 August 2020
20M	Hurricane Laura commencing 23 August 2020	23 August 2020 and 29 August 2020
20MA	Hurricane Laura commencing 23 August 2020 affecting Louisiana	23 August 2020 and 27 August 2020
20MB	Hurricane Laura commencing 23 August 2020 affecting Texas	23 August 2020 and 27 August 2020
20N	California Wildfires commencing 1 July 2020	1 July 2020 and TBC
20P	Derecho severe weather situation affecting the US mid-west including Iowa, Illinois and other States commencing 10 August 2020	10 August 2020 and 11 August 2020
20Q	Hurricane Sally commencing 14 September 2020	14 September and 18 September 2020
20R	Hurricane Delta commencing 5 October 2020	5 October 2020 and 12 October 2020
20S	Hurricane Zeta commencing 24 October 2020	24 October 2020 and 30 October 2020
20T	Hurricane Eta commencing 3 November 2020	3 November 2020 and 14 November 2020
20U	Oregon Wildfires commencing 5 August 2020	5 August 2020 and 16 November 2020
20V	Hurricane Iota commencing 15 November 2020	15 November 2020 and 18 November 2020

Catastrophe codes issued in 2019:

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
19A	Brumadinho dam burst in Minas Gerais, Brazil, on 29 January 2019	29 January 2019
19B	Ridgecrest Earthquakes, encompassing a series of earthquakes, emanating in the vicinity of Ridgecrest, California	4 July 2019 and 6 July 2019
19C	Hurricane Barry commenced 10 July 2019	10 July 2019 and 19 July 2019
19D	Hurricane Dorian commencing 26 August 2019 affecting the Caribbean/Bahamas	26 August 2019 and 10 September 2019
19DB	Hurricane Dorian commencing 26 August 2019 affecting the Bahamas	26 August 2019 and 1 September 2019
19DC	Hurricane Dorian commencing 26 August 2019 affecting Canada	26 August 2019 and 8 September 2019
19DE	Hurricane Dorian commencing 26 August 2019 affecting the Eastern Caribbean including Barbados, USVI and Puerto Rico	26 August 2019 and 28 August 2019
19DF	Hurricane Dorian commencing 26 August 2019 affecting Florida	26 August 2019 and 6 September 2019
19DS	Hurricane Dorian commencing 26 August 2019 affecting South Carolina	26 August 2019 and 5 September 2019
19DN	Hurricane Dorian commencing 26 August 2019 affecting North Carolina	26 August 2019 and 6 September 2019
19E	Typhoon Faxai commencing 6 September 2019	6 September 2019 and 10 September 2019
19F	Typhoon Hagibis commencing 10 October 2019	10 October 2019 and 13 October 2019
19G	Californian Wildfires 2019 (Generic Code for wildfires without a specific Code) from January 2019 onwards	1 January and ongoing
19GK	Kincade Wildfire commencing 23rd October 2019	23rd October 2019 and 6 November 2019

Catastrophe codes issued in 2018:

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
18A	Winter storm affecting the United States Eastern Seaboard and parts of Canada, commencing 3 January 2018	3 January 2018 and 28 February 2018
18B	Kilauea, volcanic eruption affecting Hawaii, commencing 3 May 2018	3 May 2018 and 4 September 2018
18C	Carr Wildfire, Redding, and affecting Shasta County and Trinity County, California, commencing 23 July 2018	23 July 2018 and 4 January 2019
18D	Ranch Fire (Mendocino Complex) affecting Colusa County, Lake County and Mendocino County, commencing 27 July 2018	27 July 2018 and 4 January 2019
18E	Hurricane Lane, commencing 22 August 2018, affecting Hawaii	22 August 2018 and 28 August 2018
18F	Hurricane Florence commencing 4 September 2018	4 September and 18 September 2018
18FN	Hurricane Florence beginning 4 September 2018, affecting North Carolina	4 September and 15 September 2018
18FS	Hurricane Florence beginning 4 September 2018, affecting South Carolina	4 September 2018 and 15 September 2018
18G	Typhoon Jebi commencing 29 August 2018	29 August 2018 and 9 September 2018
18H	Typhoon Mangkhut commencing 9 September 2018	9 September 2018 and 17 September 2018
18J	Hurricane Michael commencing 6 October 2018	6 October 2018 and 16 October 2018
18K	Camp Wildfire, California, commencing 8 November 2018	8 November 2018 and 25 November 2018
18L	Woolsey Wildfire, California, commencing 8 November 2018	8 November 2018 and 21 November 2018
18M	Losses arising from the Lurssen Shipyard fire damaging superyacht Sassi, on 14 September 2018	14 September 2018

Catastrophe codes issued in 2017:

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
17A	Chile wildfires which began in the Valparaiso hillsides, commenced 2 January 2017	2 January 2017 and 10 February 2017
17B	Tornadoes in South-Eastern United States, commenced 7 February 2017	7 February 2017 and 1 March 2017
17C	Peruvian floods, commencing 13 March 2017	13 March 2017 and 1 May 2017
17D	Tropical Cyclone Debbie. Debbie was downgraded to tropical low late on 28 March 2017 and the weather system continued to spread from QLD into NSW.	27 March 2018 and 28 March 2017
17E	Typhoon Hato, commenced 20 August 2017, affecting Hong Kong, Macau and South China	20 August 2017 and 25 August 2017
17F	Hurricane Harvey, commenced 24 August 2017, affecting Texas	24 August 2017 and 26 August 2017
17FL	Hurricane Harvey, 30 August 2017, affecting Louisiana	30 August 2017
17GC	Hurricane Irma, 1 September 2017 to 10 September 2017, affecting Caribbean and non-US mainland	1 September 2017 and 10 September 2017
17G	Hurricane Irma, 10 September 2017, affecting Florida	10 September 2017 and 11 September 2017
17GA	Storm Irma, commencing 11 September 2017, affecting Alabama	11 September 2017 and 13 September 2017
17GG	Storm Irma, commencing 11 September 2017, affecting Georgia	11 September 2017 and 13 September 2017
17GS	Storm Irma, commencing 11 September 2017, affecting South Carolina	11 September 2017 and 13 September 2017
17H	Hurricane Maria, 17 September 2017, affecting Caribbean	17 September 2017 and 30 September 2017
17J	Mexico Earthquake, 19 September 2017 - central Mexico, Mexico City, states of Puebla and Morelos and surrounding areas	19 September 2017
17K	Hurricane Nate, commencing 5 October 2017, affecting non-US and US mainland	5 October 2017 and 11 October 2017
17KL	Hurricane Nate, commencing 7 October 2017, affecting Louisiana	7 October 2017 and 8 October 2017
17KM	Hurricane Nate, commencing 7 October 2017, affecting Mississippi	7 October 2017 and 9 October 2017
17L	Northern California wildfires commencing 8 October 2017	8 October 2017 and 31 October 2017
17LA	Atlas Fire - Lake Berryessa and affecting Napa County commencing 8 October 2017	8 October 2017 and 28 October 2017
17LT	Tubbs Fire - Calistoga and affecting Santa Rosa region commencing 8 October 2017	8 October 2017 and 31 October 2017
17M	Mexico Earthquake, 8 September 2017	8 September 2017
17N	Thomas wildfire, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, commencing 4 December 2017	4 December 2017 and 22 March 2018

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2016.

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
16A	Brussels explosions 22 March 2016	22 March 2016
16B	Japan, Kumamoto Earthquake between 14 and 16 April 2016	14 April 2016 and 16 April 2016
16C	Ecuador Earthquake 16 April 2016	16 April 2016
16D	Wildfire - Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada commencing 1 May 2016	1 May 2016 and 1 June 2016
16E	Texas Hail event commencing 10 April 2016	10 April 2016 and 15 April 2016
16F	Typhoon Nepartak (known in the Philippines as 'Typhoon Butchoy') storm developed south of Guam and Fujian, China	3 July 2016 and 10 July 2016
16G	Losses arising from flooding in the US state of Louisiana commencing 12 August 2016	12 August 2016 22 August 2016
16H	Losses arising from the 'Blue Cut' wildfire in San Bernadino County, California commencing 16 August 2016	16 August 2016 and 23 August 2016
16J	Hurricane Hermine, commenced 2 September 2016	2 September 2016 and 6 September 2016
16K	Typhoon Meranti, also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ferdie, commenced 8 September 2016	8 September 2016 and 17 September 2016
16L	Hurricane Matthew, commencing 29 September 2016 - for all losses occurring in other states/locations not listed below	29 September 2016 and 10 October 2016
16LC	Hurricane Matthew - for losses occurring in Caribbean	29 September 2016 and 10 October 2016
16LF	Hurricane Matthew - for losses occurring in Florida	29 September 2016 and 10 October 2016
16LG	Hurricane Matthew - for losses occurring in Georgia	29 September 2016 and 10 October 2016
16LN	Hurricane Matthew - for losses occurring in North Carolina	29 September 2016 and 10 October 2016
16LS	Hurricane Matthew - for losses occurring in South Carolina	29 September 2016 and 10 October 2016
16M	Hurricane Nicole, commencing 4 October 2016	4 October 2016 and 20 October 2016
16N	New Zealand Earthquake (magnitude 7.8), South Island near Hammer Springs, 14 November 2016	14 November 2016
16P	Gatlinburg wildfire (AKA the Chimney Tops 2 wildfire, Great Smoky Mountains Wildfire), Sevier County, Tennessee, commencing 23 November 2016	23 November 2016 and 22 December 2016

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2015.

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
15A	Loss of Germanwings Flight 9525 over the French Alps on 24 March 2015.	1 April 2015
15B	Typhoon Chan-hom (Falcon) affecting China, Taiwan, South and North Korea et al from 30 June 2015 to 15 July 2015	31 July 2015
15C	Typhoon Souledor affecting Saipan, Taiwan, East China et al, 2/3 August 2015	14 August 2015
15D	Warehouse explosions in Tianjin, 12 August 2015	28 September 2015
15E	South California wildfires - the Butte fire in Calaveras and Amador Counties on 9 September 2015	16 October 2015
15F	The Valley fire in Lake, Napa and Sonoma Counties on 12 September 2015	16 October 2015
15G	South Carolina floods, October 2015	16 October 2015
15H	Hurricane Patricia, 20 October to 24 October	26 October 2015
15I	Storm Desmond, formed 3 December 2015	3 December 2015
15J	Southern India Flooding between November - December 2015	November-December 2015
15K	Samarco Dam burst in Minas Gerais, Brazil on 5 November 2015	5 November 2015
15L	Storm Eva, formed 22 December 2015	22 December 2015
15M	Storm Frank, formed 29 December 2015	29 December 2015

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2014.

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
14A	Malaysian Airlines, Loss of B777-200ER, 9M-MRI, on 8 March 2014	8 March 2014
14B	Attacks on Tripoli Airport from 13 July 2014	13 July 2014
14C	Loss of Malaysian Airways flight MH17 over Ukraine	17 July 2014
14D	Hurricane Odile - 13 to 19 September 2014	13 - 19 September 2014
14E	Hurricane Gonzalo, 17 to 18 October 2014	17 - 18 October 2014
14F	Brisbane and South-East Queensland storm, 27 - 28 November 2014	27 - 28 November 2014
14G	Loss of Air Asia QZ8501 over the Java Sea, 28 December 2014	28 December 2014

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2013.

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
13A	Cyclone Oswald affecting Queensland and New South Wales, Australia 27 – 29 January 2013 (provisional)	1 February 2013
13B	Destruction of Intelstat 27 (IS-27) Satellite following malfunction of launch vehicle	1 February 2013
13C	National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400, N949CA, carrying military cargo of five vehicles and two jet engines crashed after take-off from Bagram, Afghanistan, and, along with seven crew, was consumed by the post-crash fire.	29 April 2013
13D	Tornado affecting Oklahoma City and environs	20 May 2013
13E	Central European flooding following heavy rainfall in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, and possibly other areas	1 June 2013
13F	Flooding following heavy rainfall in Alberta	20 June 2013
13G	Asiana Airways 777-200ER Registration HL 7742 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport	6 July 2013
13H	Loss of Mitsui OSK Lines containership ‘MOL Comfort’ in the Indian Ocean en route between Singapore and Saudi Arabia, losses between initial cracking of vessel reported on 17 June 2013, and 10 July 2013 when the second half of the vessel finally sank.	24 July 2013
13J	Hailstorms in Germany	27 - 28 July 2013
13K	SK Hynix Semiconductor Loss	4 September 2013
13L	Hurricane Ingrid affecting Gulf of Mexico between 12 and 17 September 2013	12 - 17 September 2013
13M	Hurricane Manuel affecting Mexico between 13 and 19 September 2013	13 - 19 September 2013
13N	Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) affecting Philippines, Eastern Samar, South China Sea, Vietnam etc between 8 November 2013 and 11 November 2013	8 - 11 November 2013
13P	Cold weather/freeze affecting USA and Canada starting from 30 December 2013 and including storm on 2 January 2014 and ongoing, including what has been called "Polar vortex storm"	30 December 2013 - 2 January 2014
13Q	UK adverse weather from 5 December 2013 including storms, high winds and flooding following storms	5 December 2013 - 15 February 2014

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2012.

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Date
12A	Losses arising from the grounding and partial capsize of 'Costa Concordia' off Isola del Giglio, Italy	13 January 2012
12B	Tornadoes affecting Ohio Valley, including Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio - 2-3 March 2012	2 March 2012
12E	Mexican earthquake at Oaxaca, Mexico (16.493 n 98.231)	20 March 2012
12C	Tornadoes affecting Texas and Louisiana	3 April 2012
12D	Tornadoes affecting Central Plains including Oklahoma	13-15 April 2012
12F	Italian earthquake in Northern Italy (44.920 n 11.330 e)	20 May 2012
12G	Italian earthquake at Medolla, Italy (44.833 n 11.103 e)	29 May 2012
12H	Tropical Storm/Hurricane Isaac - 22 August 2012 and ongoing	22 August 2012
12J	Hurricane Sandy – Provisionally from 24 October 2012 (Caribbean) and ongoing	24 October 2012

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2011.

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Event start date
11A	Losses arising from heavy rainfall starting on 12 January 2011, and ensuing flooding continuing through to the present day affecting Victoria, Australia.	12 January 2011
11B	Cyclone Yasi - 2-3 February 2011, affecting Queensland	2 February 2011
11C	New Zealand earthquake affecting Christchurch and surrounding area on 22 February 2011	22 February 2011
11D	Japanese earthquake and ensuing tsunami, 11 March 2011	11 March 2011
11DX	At the request of the Lloyd's Market Catastrophe Group 11DX has been established for identifying CBI claims arising from the March 2011 Japanese earthquake. XCS will enter this code when requested by leaders to do so.	11 March 2011
11E	Maersk Oil & Gas FPSO Gryphon: Major damage following loss of station keeping - 4 February 2011	4 February 2011
11F	Tornadoes affecting Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Pennsylvania on 14 - 16 April 2011	14 April 2011
11G	US Tornadoes, 24 - 28 April 2011, affecting Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee	24 April 2011
11H	Tornadoes affecting the USA between 20 and 27 May 2011, including Joplin, Mo.	20 May 2011
11J	Slave Lake fire, Alberta, Canada, starting 14 May 2011 and continuing 15 and 16 May 2011	14 May 2011
11K	Loss of Asiana Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-400F, registration HI 7604 on 28 July 2011 following a reported in-flight fire	28 July 2011
11L	Losses arising from civil disturbances in England, 6 August - 10 August 2011	6 August 2011
11M	Losses arising from Hurricane Irene, affecting Puerto Rico, Bahamas and Eastern Seaboard of United States and Canada from 22 August to 29 August 2011	22 August 2011
11N	Losses arising from New Zealand earthquake at Sumner, 13 June 2011	13 June 2011
11O	Texas wildfires from 30 August and continuing through September 2011, including Bastrop County fire	30 August 2011
11P	P-51D Mustang, registration N79111 crashed into a grandstand at the Reno Air Races, Nevada, USA, killing 11 people and injuring at least 69.	16 September 2011
11Q	Caribbean Airlines B737-800 registration 9Y-PBM ran off the end of the runway over a steep embankment on landing at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Guyana. The aircraft is a constructive total loss. The 157 passengers survived with a number of injuries.	30 July 2011
11R	Heavy rainfall and ensuing flodding in Thailand from early October 2011, and ongoing	1 October 2011
11RX	At the request of the Lloyd's Market Catastrophe co-ordination group, claims services major casualty / catastrophe code 11RX has been establised for the purposes of identifying CBI claims arising out of the 2011 Thailand flooding. XCS will enter this Cat Code when requested by leaders to do so.	1 October 2011
11S	Egyptair B777-200ER registration SU-GBP suffered a cockpit fire on 29 July 2011 while on the ramp just prior to departure from Cairo Airport. Aircraft has been declared a total constructive loss.	29 July 2011
11T	Melbourne hailstorms	25 December 2011
11U	Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand	23 December 2011
11V	Flooding of the Susquehanna River, New York	8 September 2011

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2010:

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Event start date
10A	Ethiopian Airlines – B737-800, ET-ANB flight number ET409, crashed into the sea of Beirut shortly after take off in bad weather 25 January 2010	25 January 2010
10B	US snowstorms and winter weather, affecting Eastern Seaboard, USA	5 February 2010
10C	Chilean Earthquake	27 February 2010
10D	European storm Xynthia, affecting Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Germany etc.	27 February 2010
10E	Transocean MODU Deepwater Horizon - Explosion and resultant sinking off the coast of Louisiana from 20 April 2010	20 April 2010
10F	A330 operated by Afriqiyah Airways, registration 5A-ONG, crashed during landing at Tripoli airport on 12 May 2010.	12 May 2010
10G	Aban drilling, loss of Rig off the coast of Venezuela	13 May 2010
10H	Boeing737-800, registration: VT-AXV, Air India Express operating flight IX823 Dubai to Mangalore overshot runway 24 on landing, 22 May 2010	22 May 2010
10J	Flooding in Southwest and Southeast Queensland, for damage in the period 1 March to 5 March 2010	1 March 2010
10K	Melbourne severe storm event, for damage occurring on 6 March 2010	6 March 2010
10L	Perth severe weather, for damage occuring on 22 March 2010	22 March 2010
10M	Saudi Arabian Airlines Warehouse fire, 10 June 2010, which damaged or destroyed a large proportion (or all) of the insured's aircraft and ground equipment spares stored at the warehouse	10 June 2010
10N	Airbus aircraft, registration APBJB, operated by Air Blue, on a flight from Karachi to Islamabad, crashed into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad on landing, 28 July 2010. Weather conditions were adverse with monsoon rain and poor visibility. 146 passengers and 6 crew perished	28 July 2010
10P	New Zealand Earthquake, 4 September 2010	4 September 2010
10Q	United Parcel Services - Boeing 747, N571UP, crashed at an abandoned military base near Dubai, 3 September 2010. Two pilots fatally injured, no passengers on board. Several buildings were damaged along with their contents and thirty seven military vehicles completetely destroyed.	3 September 2010
10R	Qantas Airbus 380-842, registration VH-OQA, suffered an in-flight uncontained failure of the number two engine on climb out from Singapore’s Changi International Airport on 4 November 2010, whilst operating flight QF32 to Sydney, Australia.	4 November 2010
10S	Aerocarribbean S.A. ATR 72, registration CU-T1549, crashed 4 November 2010 during a domestic flight in the remote area of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba. Aircraft was subsequently destroyed by post impact fire. All 7 crew and 61 passengers perished in the incident.	4 November 2010
10T	Losses arising from Flooding in Queensland from 26 December 2010	26 Decemeber 2010

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2009:

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Start date	End date
09A	Windstorm Klaus, affecting France and Spain	23 January 2009	24 January 2009
09B	Australian Wildfires	7 February 2009	10 February 2009
09C	Continental Airlines/Colgan Air Flight 3407 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 crashed en route to Buffalo New York.	12 February 2009	12 February 2009
09D	Air France, A330 200 registration F-GZCP lost over Atlantic Ocean	1 June 2009	1 June 2009
09E	Yemenia Airbus A310-300, registration 70-ADJ, crashed while en route from Sana'a in Yemen to Moroni in the Comoros Islands on 30 June 2009	30 June 2009	30 June 2009
09F	Severe storm crossed over Amsterdam Schipol Airport and Woensdrecht Airfield in the Netherlands. As a consequence, in excess of 50 aircraft sustained varying degrees of damage.	26 May 2009	26 May 2009
09G	Turkish Airlines B737-800, Registration TC-JGE crashed near Amsterdam Schiphol, 20 February 2009	20 February 2009	20 February 2009

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2008:

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Start date	End date
08A	British Airways Boeing 777-236, G-YMMM undershot the runway at London Heathrow Airport during final approach on 17 January 2008. Aircraft extensively damaged rendering it a constructive total loss.	17 January 2007	17 January 2007
08B	Explosion at a blast furnace, Dearborn, MI, near Detroit, USA.	5 January 2008	5 January 2008
08C	Suspected Pipe Failure and Subsequent Fire at Varanus Island, Western Australia.	3 June 2008	3 June 2008
08D	Spanair MD82, EC-HFP (named Sunbreeze) crashed on take off from Barajas Airport, Madrid on 20 August 2008	20 August 2008	20 August 2008
08E	Hurricane Gustav	26 August 2008	1 September 2008
08F	Hurricane Ike	3 September 2008	14 September 2008
08G	Los Angeles fires	14 November 2008	19 November 2008
08J	Aeroflot Nord B737-500, registration VP-BKO on 14 September 2008. Aircraft struck the ground 15kms short of Perm Airport, Russia fatally injuring 82 passengers and 6 crew.	14 September 2008	14 September 2008

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2007:

Single Losses

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Start date	End date
07A	Claims arising from damage in the UK and mainland Europe as a result of windstorm Kyrill	18 January 2007	19 January 2007
07B	Australian storms and floods	8 June 2007	20 June 2007
07C	UK Floods - From 21st June 2007 to 29th June 2007	21 June 2007	29 June 2007
07D	Tam Lineas Aeras Airbus A320, PR MBK, crash at Congonhas Airport, Sao Paulo on 17 July 2007	17 July 2007	tbc
07E	UK Floods - From 20th July 2007	20 July 2007	tbc
07F	Hurricane Dean	18 August 2007	23 August 2007
07G	One-Two-Go crash involving MD 82 HS-OMG at Phuket Airport on 16 September 2007	24 September 2007	tbc
07H	Kenya Airways - B737-800, 5Y-KYA, crashed shortly after take-off from Douala Airport, Cameroon in torrential rain killing all 114 people on board	5 May 2007	tbc
07J	California Fires - October 2007	29 October 2007	tbc
07K	Ground collision involving EADS/Airbus 340-600 MSN 856 Reg No F-WWCJ, Saint Martin Airbus Site France on 15 November 2007 during engine run-ups	15 November 2007	15 November 2007
07L	Pemex/Perforadora central rig slide resulting in damage and possible oil spill due to heavy weather, Mexico	27 October 2007	tbc
07M	Atlas Jet/World Focus Airlines total loss of MD83 TC-AKM at Isparta, Turkey	30 November 2007	30 November 2007
07N	Fire at the Panasonic Group's Matsushita Battery Industrial (MBI) factory in Osaka, Japan	30 September 2007	tbc

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2006:

Single Losses

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Start date	End date
06A	Hyundai Fortune - explosion and fire (Gulf of Aden)	21 March 2006	21 March 2006
06B	Tornado damage Missouri and Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas	11 March 2006	13 March 2006
06C	Hangar fire at Zaventem Airport, Brussels	5 May 2006	5 May 2006
06D	Comair Bombardier CRJ-200, N431CA operating Flight 5191, Lexington, Kenticky to Atlanta, Georgia crashed on take-off from Lexington with 49 immediate fatalities to the 47 passengers and 3 crew on board, on 27 August 2006	27 August 2006	27 August 2006
06E	Gol Lineas Aereas Boeing 737-800, PR-GTD, operating Flight 1907, Manaus – Brasilia, Brasil destroyed with 155 passenger and crew fatalities following mid-air collision with Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600, N600XL, 30km from Peixoto de Azevedo, Brasil 29 September 2006.	29 September 2006	29 September 2006

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2005:

Single Losses

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Start date	End date
05A	UK storm/flood/freeze/losses in NW England, N. Ireland and Scotland	7 January 2005	9 January 2005
05B	Suncor fire, Alberta, Canada	4 January 2005	4 January 2005
05C	Hurricane Dennis	5 July 2005	11 July 2005
05D	Fire damage to BHN complex, offshore India	27 July 2005	27 July 2005
05E	Helios airlines Boeing 737 crash near Athens	14 August 2005	14 August 2005
05F	Air France Airbus over-ran runway at Toronto International Airport	2 August 2005	2 August 2005
05G	Heavy rainfall and floods affecting Maharashtra state and the Mumbai area of India	25 July 2005	25 July 2005
05H	Hurricane Katrina	25 August 2005	30 August 2005
05J	West Caribbean Airways Boeing MD82, HK4374X, crashed en route Panama City, Panama-Fort-de-France, Martiniquw at Machiques, Venezuela with 152 passenger and 8 operating and supernumerary crew fatalities	16 August 2005	16 August 2005
05K	Western European floods, affecting Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Germany etc.	20 August 2005	27 August 2005
05L	Hurricane Rita	20 September 2005	24 September 2005
05M	Hurricane Wilma	15 October 2005	26 October 2005
05Q	Explosion and ensuing fire at the Hertfordshire oil storage terminal, Buncefield, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. UK	11 December 2005	11 December 2005

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2004:

Single losses

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Start date	End date
04A	Flash Airlines Boeing 737, SU-ZCF, operating flight FSH604, Sharm-el-Sheikh - Paris,	3 January 2004	3 January 2004
04B	Vapour Cloud Explosion at Sonatrach's plant at Skikda, Algeria	19 January 2004	19 January 2004
04C	Hurricane Charley	13 August 2004	14 August 2004
04D	Hurricane Frances	31 August 2004	9 September 2004
04E	Hurricane Ivan	6 September 2004	16 September 2004
04F	Typhoon Songda - Japan	4 September 2004	8 September 2004
04G	Hurricane Jeanne	14 September 2004	29 September 2004
04H	Earthquake and Tsunami - Indian Ocean	26 December 2004	26 December 2004

Catastrophe codes issued in calendar year 2003:

Single losses

Lloyd's code	Description of catastrophe	Start date	End date
03A	US adverse weather	2 May 2003	11 May 2003
03B	Mesa Air Group/Air Midwest Beech 1900D crashed during take-off from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport	8 January 2003
03C	Hurricane Fabian - Bermuda	5 September 2003	6 September 2003
03D	Typhoon/Super Typhoon Maemi - South Korea and other South Pacific areas	12 September 2003	14 September 2003
03E	Hurricane Isabel - USA	18 September 2003	19 September 2003