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- July 26 2021
Asia H1 2021 nat cat losses 28% higher than 10-year average
Insured losses in Asia Pacific totalled US$5bn during January to June, up from US$3.9bn average.
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- July 23 2021
Asia’s renewable projects poised to squeeze capacity
The region is set for US$200bn of investment in wind farms over the next five years and often in nat cat prone areas.
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- July 22 2021
Canterbury flood claims surpass US$30m
The May 29-June 1 flooding has been described as a ‘one in 200-year event’ by a climate scientist.
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- July 21 2021
China’s Henan province sees ‘thousand-year’ floods
Ping An P&C has already received 13,000 claims and that number is expected to rise sharply.
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- July 20 2021
Typhoons threaten agriculture in three China provinces
Ministry of Agriculture urges insurers to settle any claims promptly amid uncertainty over landfall.
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- July 19 2021
Malayan reliant on reinsurance to write large property risks: AM Best
The largest Philippine P&C player had GWP of US$280m in 2020.
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- July 13 2021
Sichuan floods to cause ‘surge’ in commercial property, motor claims
Crawford's Hong Kong manager tells IAN ongoing floods could lead to complete motor vehicle losses.
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- July 12 2021
Tropical Cyclone Seroja to cost insurers US$324m: Perils
The loss figure for the Australian market covers both property and motor hull lines of business.
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- July 2 2021
ZYIC taps Qianhai Re and AnHua for XOL cover
Insurer tells IAN reinsurance expenses increased in 2020 to deal with agri-cat risk.
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- June 28 2021
RACQ CEO calls for national reinsurance pool
The Treasury has been seeking comment on plans to cover cyclone-risk in northern Australia.
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- June 15 2021
Victoria flood losses to rise as ICA reveals over 10,500 claims
Suncorp and IAG breach nat cat allowances as Insurance Council of Australia declares catastrophe.
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- June 7 2021
Q&A: Hannover Re’s Michael Eberhardt talks BI and climate change risk
The Sydney-based MD also discussed key reinsurance trends affecting both Australia and New Zealand.
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- June 4 2021
East Asia summer cyclone activity to be ‘above normal’: Guy Carpenter
The number of formations is expected to increase 44% compared to the historical six-month average.
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- June 4 2021
New Zealand’s EQC secures ‘record-high’ reinsurance cover
Aon has helped secure a US$5bn agreement -- a much larger deal than 12 months ago.
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- June 2 2021
Japan’s P&C players struggled overseas in last financial year
Profit drops at 'Big Three' related to Covid-19 and credit insurance, according to Moody's.
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- May 27 2021
Tower Insurance hit by cat claims as H1 profit drops 19.5%
New Zealand P&C player dealt with a large fire and severe flooding, but GWP climbed 6% to US$141m.
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- May 13 2021
Japan earthquakes to cost (re)insurers US$1.29bn: GIAJ
Industry association says the February Fukushima EQ alone led to over 130,000 claims.
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- May 13 2021
Asia’s flood risk landscape shaped by human intervention
Insurance experts stress climate change is not the only determining factor.
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- May 10 2021
NSW, Queensland floods to cost insurers US$827m: Perils
Private property largely covered but infrastructure, crops and livestock mostly uninsured in historic March nat cat.
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- May 6 2021
Australia’s cyclone risk plan a roadmap for emerging Asia
Private sector insurers cannot address the threat alone.
