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- March 29 2026
ARPC declares end of reintensified Tropical Cyclone Narelle
It was the first Australian cyclone to make landfall in three states in over 20 years.
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- March 26 2026
China Taiping’s Hong Kong P&C COR hits 103.4% in FY25 after Wang Fuk Court fire
Fall in underwriting results comes after its exposure to November's fire, which killed 168 people.
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- March 25 2026
Tropical Cyclone Narelle re-intensifies off WA coast, ARPC declares new event
Narelle2 was declared by the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) at 4:00am Australian Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday.
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- March 24 2026
Widening protection gap presents Australia with systemic financial risk : APRA
- Industry associations
- Australia
- Catastrophe
- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
- Insurance Council of Australia
One in four households could be uninsured by 2050, according to Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) modelling.
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- March 23 2026
ARPC declares end of ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle after 162 hours
System brought up to 200mm of rain to some areas having made landfall in Far North Queensland on Friday.
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- March 22 2026
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle tracks across Northern Territory, set to re-intensify off Kimberley coast
Heavy rain likely to cause significant and rapid river level rises across the Katherine River catchment, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
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- March 20 2026
Tropical Cyclone Narelle makes landfall in Far North Queensland
Narelle is the 10th named cyclone to hit Australia during the current season.
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- March 19 2026
Peak-loss scenarios could drive insured nat cat losses to US$300bn in 2026: Swiss Re
If losses return to normal long-term levels, insured losses from natural catastrophes may top US$148bn this year, compared with US$102bn last year, according to Swiss Re Institute’s Sigma report.
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- March 18 2026
‘Biggest system in living memory’ edges towards Australia’s coast, ARPC declares event
Narelle is the 10th named cyclone to hit Australia during the current season, which runs from November to April, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
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- March 18 2026
Indonesia to launch national parametric products for coffee, cocoa farmers
Insurtech Blue Marble, state-owned insurer Asuransi Jasindo, and the InsuResilience Solutions Fund are co-funding the development and implementation, with support from the Ministry of Agriculture.
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- March 16 2026
Queensland flooding claims top 2,000 as clean-up begins
Major flooding resulted in the inundation of more than 200 properties, evacuations and significant isolation for remote communities.
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- March 12 2026
Perils lowers Cyclone Alfred final insured losses estimate to US$1.34bn
Personal lines accounted for 70% of total industry losses, commercial lines 26%, and motor lines 4%.
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- March 3 2026
Seadrif and sister pools plan joint reinsurance platform
Four multinational catastrophe pool have agreed 'concrete steps' to create a shared risk financing framework and a joint risk pool.
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- February 27 2026
Australian insurers facing elevated US$2.1bn bill from late-November storms: Perils
Compares to an initial loss estimate of AU$2.6 billion by in January following the severe convective storms which hit Queensland and New South Wales.
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- February 27 2026
Blue Marble completes ‘record-setting’ parametric payout to Indonesian smallholder farmers
Devastating floods in Aceh trigger US$143,000 payout to all 2,719 farmers enrolled in the program.
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- February 26 2026
Victoria bushfire losses reach US$560m: Perils
Initial estimate reflects significant property and motor losses after extreme heat and fast‑moving fires swept across rural areas of the Australian state in early January.
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- February 24 2026
Cyclone Senyar a ‘wake-up call’ for Southeast Asia: Aon
The extraordinary storm caused US$5.4bn dollars of economic losses in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand and 1,406 deaths after making landfall twice in November.
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- February 16 2026
Heavy rain, strong winds brings state of emergency, disruptions to central New Zealand
States of emergancy have been declared in five districts and 30,000 properties have reported power outages as a result of the extreme weather on the North Island.
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- February 12 2026
IAG’s net profit falls 35% in H1 following Queensland hailstorms
IAG's underlying underwriting results remained resilient across the first half of FY26, despite losses from the hailstorms in Queensland.
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- February 11 2026
ARPC declares end of ex-Tropical Cyclone Mitchell
It is the seventh of Australia’s storm season after tropical cyclones Fina, Grant, Hayley, Jenna, Koji and Luana.
