A report released Wednesday by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) identifies the top factors impacting financial losses for businesses, with ship groundings, fires and aviation crashes leading the list.

Nearly 70% of financial losses can be attributed to 10 factors based on a review of more than 11,000 business claims over $136,455 from 148 countries between 2009 and 2013.

  1. Grounding
  2. Fire
  3. Aviation crash
  4. Earthquake
  5. Storm
  6. Bodily injury (including fatalities)
  7. Flood
  8. Professional indemnity
  9. Product defects
  10. Machinery breakdown

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