Industry Segments: Flooding Page 3 / 9
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- April 4 2024
Australian local government association calls for doubling US$130m disaster fund
Over 300 applications seeking AU$460 million in mitigation projects were submitted in 2023, indicating the federal government's AU$200 million funding is "vastly insufficient", the association said.
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- April 2 2024
Floods, drought drive APAC economic loss to US$65bn in 2023: Aon
The protection gap for the region stood at 91%, with only US$6bn of economic losses covered by insurance, which is below the 21st-century average of US$15bn.
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- March 27 2024
China expands national nat cat pool to cover perils beyond earthquakes
The nat cat insurance mechanism will now also include typhoons, floods, torrential rains, mudslide and landslide, it will double limits per household, as well as support commercial cat cover.
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- February 20 2024
IAG New Zealand CEO tells Kiwis to stop building homes in dumb places: report
The country’s largest insurer said that properties built in high-risk areas may see higher-than-average premium increases.
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- February 15 2024
MIC Global partners WRMS to offer parametric flood cover for India’s gig workers
The Lloyd’s player’s micro-insurance product will cover against financial impacts from extreme weather events.
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- February 7 2024
Lao renews parametric flood cover from Seadrif Insurance with lower thresholds
The parametric policy, which was first purchased by the government in 2021, as been expanded from 2 levels to 4 levels and thresholds lowered, providing flexibility to address varying risk scenarios, the Asean insurance platform said.
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- February 5 2024
ICA proposes waiving US$3.9bn state taxes to tame Australia’s flood risks
Chief executive Andrew Hall suggested abolishing insurance annual state taxes, which stand as the second-largest component of home premiums after pricing of flood risk.
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- February 2 2024
Perils raises Auckland floods insured loss estimate to NZ$2.2bn
Nearly 70% of the property loss was from personal lines, according to the loss aggregator's final tally, which is 12% higher than its August 2023 estimate.
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- January 31 2024
ICA calls for US$329m budget funding to boost resiliency against floods
Building on the 2022 schemes for NSW and Queensland, the new funding should be equally shared between federal and state budgets to move 750 families out of danger zones.
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- January 29 2024
Queensland on alert as cyclone Kirrily’s remnant bands linger
Suncorp says it has received over 500 claims from customers impacted by the cyclone, almost all home claims.
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- January 23 2024
Australia braces for rainstorm, floods as cyclone Kirrily heads to Queensland
The second tropical cyclone to hit the country's eastern coast in as many months is forecast to bring intense rainfall that may lead to 'life-threatening flash flooding', according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
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- January 18 2024
Non-peak perils source of insurers’ primary portfolio risk: Gallagher Re
Flooding from remnants of typhoon Doksuri in China makes it the costliest weather event of last year, with US$18.5bn in economic losses.
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- January 9 2024
Typhoon Doksuri tops APAC nat cat overall losses at US$25bn: Munich Re
Two major disasters in New Zealand – Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle – topped APAC insured losses at around US$4 billion.
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- January 1 2024
Australia prepares for more wild weather even as Christmas storms claims soar
The ICA declared the insurance catastrophe of December after claims from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria crossed 18,000 as of December 29.
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- December 21 2023
ICA declares ex-cyclone Jasper insurance catastrophe as carriers get 3,800 claims
The escalation would result in prioritising claims for affected policyholders across the region.
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- December 20 2023
Australian insurers well placed to meet Jasper flood claims: S&P
Only insurers with high market shares in far north Queensland might trigger their reinsurance cat covers, the rating agency said.
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- December 18 2023
Australian carriers see claims rise from flash floods following Cyclone Jasper
The ICA has declared a significant event in northern Queensland as Suncorp reported more than 500 claims and IAG about 100 from record flooding in Cairns.
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- December 14 2023
New India Assurance admits NHPC’s Sikkim flood claims
The state-owned power producer's projects damaged in the flood include Teesta-V Power Station (510 megawatt) and the under-construction Teesta-IV HE project (500 megawatt).
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- December 14 2023
Australian cyclone pool expects to cover 94% projected ultimate exposure by year-end
Nine out of 11 large insurers have already joined the ARPC while IAG and Autor & General will join by December 31; The pool made an underwriting loss of US$2.75m from a GWP of US$100m in FY 2023.
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- December 11 2023
Wild weather troika of heatwave, bushfire, cyclone bear down on eastern Australia
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has put out a heatwave warning, a severe thunderstorm warning, a minor flood warning over the weekend even as Cyclone Jasper loomed.
