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- January 2 2026
ARPC declares end of Tropical Cyclone Grant after 282 hours
It had passed the remote Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean last week.
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- December 31 2025
Tropical Cyclone Hayley hits Western Australia, ARPC declares end of event
Multiple severe weather warnings have also been issued for New Year's Eve in Queensland.
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- December 23 2025
ARPC declares cyclone event after Tropical Cyclone Grant forms in Indian Ocean
Tropical Cyclone Grant is set to impact the Cocos (Keeling) Islands as a category 2 system late on Christmas Eve or on the morning of Christmas Day.
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- December 22 2025
Kiwi broker Donaldson Brown elevates Racheal Greer to GM for fire and general
Auckland-based Greer assumes day-to-day leadership of the division, with founders Alex Brown and Dan Donaldson continuing to focus on the broader strategic direction of the group.
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- December 22 2025
Wang Fuk Court fire insurance payouts exceed US$33m: HKIA
General insurers have processed 1,038 clams with total payout of around US$26m in the three weeks since the fire, the regulator said.
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- December 18 2025
Sri Lanka flood claims manageable for insurers, reinsurers to absorb non-motor losses: Fitch
National Insurance Trust Fund, as Sri Lanka's sole reinsurer, faces greater exposure amid lack of retrocession cover from recent flooding due to Cyclone Ditwah.
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- December 16 2025
Nat cat insured losses reach US$107bn, driven by LA wildfires and severe convective storms
With losses at US$89bn, the US is again the most affected market in 2025, Swiss Re Institute says.
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- December 15 2025
East Coast hailstorms to costs insurers US$736m: Perils
Figure covers property and motor hull lines of business collected from the majority of affected insurance firms for the hailstorms in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria between October 26 and November 1.
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- December 12 2025
Rising cost of Queensland, New South Wales hailstorms creates ‘challenging months ahead’
Market has seen a high volume of claims across a widespread area, along with water ingress and related property damage, spanning domestic and commercial sectors.
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- December 11 2025
Perth bushfires put lives and homes under threat, as Moody’s warns of a complex situation
Cat modeller says recent bushfires in New South Wales highlights the complexity of managing bushfires risk in Australia and the risk of secondary ignitions.
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- December 11 2025
Typhoon Odette survivors in the Philippines sue Shell seeking corporate liability for climate-related losses
The lawsuit, filed in London, argues Shell’s historic emissions materially intensified Super Typhoon Odette’s landing in December 2021.
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- December 10 2025
Japan downgrades loss estimates from a potential Tokyo earthquake to US$530bn
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hitting the metropolitan area could also kill 18,000 people in the worst-case scenario, the draft government estimate showed.
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- December 9 2025
Over half of US$10bn losses from recent Southeast Asian floods attributable to business interruption: Moody’s
Modelling specialist noted that some atmospheric indicators suggest that parts of Southeast Asia are already experiencing La Niña-like conditions.
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- December 9 2025
Japan issues megaquake alert after 7.5-magnitude earthquake
There is a slight increase in risk of a magnitude 8-level quake and possible tsunami occurring along Japan’s northeastern coast from Chiba, just east of Tokyo, to Hokkaido, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
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- December 8 2025
‘China Taiping good enough on its own’ after Wang Fuk Court fire, HKIA CEO Clement Cheung says
About 10,000 active life insurance policies from 35 insurers and 1,800 property policies from 35 insurers have been identified as having been issued to residents, he adds.
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- December 8 2025
‘Foreboding’ start to Australia’s bushfire season with 20 homes destroyed in NSW
A firefighter died on Sunday evening after being struck by a tree while working on a bushfire at Bulahdelah on the state’s mid-north coast.
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- December 5 2025
Storms batter Southeast, South Asia, inflicting over US$20bn in economic losses: Aon
Thailand estimates Cyclone Senyar to be among its costliest, while Indonesia is reporting billions of dollars in damages and Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka is projected to be the country's deadliest since 1978.
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- December 5 2025
Queensland, New South Wales hail claims top Halloween Hailstorms
Suncorp has responded to more than 6,500 vehicle claims following the severe weather event.
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- December 4 2025
APAC non-life insurers to remain stable in 2026 as capital strength offsets regulatory, catastrophe pressures: Fitch
Stable margins and strong solvency expected, Fitch says, with disciplined pricing and steady reinsurance support underpinning a neutral outlook.
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- December 2 2025
Tai Po fire to halt ‘downward pressure’ on Hong Kong property reinsurance rates: AM Best
Impact of the deadly fire will be widely felt by Hong Kong's (re)insurers, according to the credit rating agency.
