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- March 12 2025
Opinion: As APAC’s nat cat bill rises along with the nerves of insurers, is it time for governments to lend a hand?
Commercial (re)insurance market across Asia-Pacific faces an increasing severity and frequency of climate-related risks, which are seen as the defining challenge of our time, with stakes particularly high for the region.
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- March 11 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims ‘spike’ to over 22,000 as clean-up begins
Majority from Queensland, according to the Insurance Council of Australia, with claims from New South Wales set to increase in coming days.
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- March 9 2025
Cyclone Alfred claims top 3,000, thousands more expected in coming days
ICA declares insurance catastrophe as flash flooding, thunderstorm warnings remain with remnants of the ex-cyclone moving inland.
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- March 5 2025
Cyclone Alfred could be US$1.25bn hit on Australian insurers: S&P Global
Cyclone could be worse than some of Australia's largest nat cats in the past 10 years.
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- March 4 2025
Brisbane on alert as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down ‘at a scale not seen in 35 years’
The cyclone is expected to cross the coast later this week with rainfall accumulation totals as high as 600-700mm expected in isolated areas.
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- February 26 2025
‘A big idea to confront a big problem’: Insurance Council of Australia calls for US$19bn flood defence fund
Fund is the centrepiece of the ICA's Advancing Australia’s Resilience policy document, which provides recommendations for the next federal government.
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- February 25 2025
Australia’s insurers ‘still have more to do’ after 2022 floods despite ‘significant progress’
Insurance Council of Australia report highlights the progress made in response to seven recommendations put to the industry after Australia's most costly extreme weather event.
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- February 11 2025
Queensland flood claims top 5,600, but more rain expected as clean-up begins
Suncorp said it has received more than 1,400 claims across its brands as of Tuesday morning.
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- February 6 2025
Queensland flood claims near 4,000, but too early to estimate total damage
Insurance Council of Australia says many communities remain isolated after the region was battered by heavy rain since last week.
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- February 2 2025
ICA declares significant event for northern Queensland floods
Flooding and storms have mostly affected Australian communities in Townsville, Innisfail, Ingham, Gordonvale and Cardwell.
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- February 1 2025
IAG to release US$125m from provisions after favourable court decree
Carrier will include the released amount in the 'net corporate expense’ line in the financial results for the six months to December 31, 2024.
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- November 28 2024
Australian carriers call for fee transparency, better land use planning to address strata affordability
The Insurance Council of Australia has made 17 recommendations in a policy paper released to help improve outcomes for consumers in strata complexes.
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- October 22 2024
General insurers’ bodies urge heads of Commonwealth nations to discuss extreme weather impact
The four associations agreed that as extreme weather intensifies, populations expand and more homes are put in harm’s way, the insurance protection gap will widen.
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- October 3 2024
ICA extreme weather charter calls for collaboration with governments, community groups for delivery of services
The charter outlines disaster preparation, response and recovery recommendations for general insurers, who have paid out US$13bn in claims from 20 ICA-declared events since the Black Summer bushfires in 2019-20.
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- September 26 2024
Next Queensland government should axe stamp duty: ICA
ICA forecasts an 8% reduction in premiums if the next state government removes a 9% stamp duty on insurance, which is imposed after a goods and services tax.
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- September 17 2024
Suncorp CEO Steve Johnston to chair ICA board
Johnston, who joined the ICA board as director in August 2021, will begin his term as chair on January 1, 2025, succeeding Nick Hawkins, IAG managing director and CEO, who has served as president of the board for the past two years.
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- August 30 2024
Losses from Australia’s costliest nat cat since 2023 rise to US$946m: ICA
Incurred losses for Christmas and New Year storms have increased from the previous estimate of US$905m, according to the latest data from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
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- August 19 2024
Insured losses in 2023-24 flat at US$1.5bn, but number of claims lodged jumped 73%: ICA
The costliest event was the Christmas and New Year storms that hit Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria in December 2023 which caused US$900m in insured losses and nearly 100,000 claims.
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- August 15 2024
ICA, Planning Institute of Australia urge governments to overhaul land use planning
In a joint communique, the two industry bodies urge state, local and the federal governments to step up reforms to tackle the country's growing housing challenges compounded by extreme weather risks.
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- June 24 2024
ICA welcomes building ministers’ commitment to climate resilience
Decision to include building resilience as part of Australian Building Codes Board's objectives paves the way for stronger new homes that can withstand disasters and could help save US$2.7 billion building costs per year.
