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- October 2 2026
Economic losses from Thailand floods could reach up to US$1bn: Aon
While initial insured loss estimates are still unavailable, they are expected to be significantly lower, according to Aon's nat cat report .
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- October 2 2026
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation proposes raising cyclone pool premiums by 2.9%
Increase would improve long-term premium adequacy from 95.1% to 97.9%, according to a draft 2026 pricing review.
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- October 1 2026
Thailand floods, Typhoon Dujuan test Asia’s flood cover and business interruption exposure
Loss adjusters tell InsuranceAsia News that extreme rainfall is emerging as a major loss driver across Asia, driving motor, property and business interruption claims.
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- September 27 2026
Bangkok declares flood disaster following two days of torrential rains
Scenes in Bangkok over the weekend evoked memories of the notorious 2011 floods.
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- September 24 2026
Typhoon Dujuan losses to be close to August Chiba flood figures: Crawford
Loss adjuster Mamoru Tanouchi says flooding affected mostly the residential and agricultural areas in Chiba prefecture, with 10 people confirmed dead, and at least four missing as of Thursday afternoon.
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- September 22 2026
Typhoon Dujuan triggers record rainfall, landslides, flooding in Japan
Typhoon, which has moved into the Pacific, leaves four people dead and at least six missing as of Tuesday morning.
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- September 21 2026
Tower grows reinsurance limit to US$555m, reduces costs
Kiwi insurer's FY27 reinsurance expenses are expected to cost around 9.5% of its GWP, down from 10.6% in FY26.
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- September 18 2026
Chiba torrential rains trigger US$225m in insurance payouts across 30,000 claims: GIAJ
As of August 28, motor claims account for almost 60% of losses with payouts totalling over US$131m across over 19,100 claims.
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- September 17 2026
Kumamoto earthquake payouts top US$152m as claims exceed 110,000: GIAJ
Kumamoto prefecture accounts for over 90% of claims following the July 28 quake, which killed at least 38 people.
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- September 16 2026
ICNZ calls for insurance levy to be replaced, says current system outdated, not fit-for-purpose
Chief executive Kris Faafoi says the Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) strongly supports a well-funded Fire and Emergency New Zealand, but believes it is time to modernise how the service is funded.
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- September 15 2026
Thailand’s (re)insurance market defies regional softening as cat losses reshape risk landscape
Earthquake in Myanmar in March 2025 and severe floods in November have reshaped Thailand's property catastrophe market.
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- September 7 2026
Data centre super cycle offers US$200bn premium opportunity, but fuels accumulation risk: Swiss Re
Investment in data centres and energy infrastructure is the biggest opportunity and risk for the insurance industry over the next four years, according to Swiss Re Institute.
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- September 7 2026
Cyber, AI ‘fundamentally changing risk landscape,’ demanding new solutions: Munich Re
German reinsurer also cites rising cost of non-peak perils after insured losses topped US$100bn for the first time last year.
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- September 6 2026
Seadrif wires second US$1.14m to Laos, WFP as heavy rains continue
Second payment lifts total parametric disbursements to US$2.278m in less than a week under a two-year sovereign policy that provides up to US$16m in multi-peril protection.
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- September 3 2026
S&P maintains stable outlook for reinsurance sector despite further softening in 2027
Global reinsurers face a delicate balancing acts as softening rates eat into the sector's strong profitability.
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- September 2 2026
Nepal flood claims top US$170m as death toll surpasses 1,100
Oriental Insurance receives the highest claim volume, while engineering and construction risk policies have taken the hardest hit.
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- September 2 2026
Thai government approves new US$465m insurance facility: report
New facility follows the flooding in Thailand's northern and southern regions, and the Bangkok earthquake in March last year.
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- September 2 2026
Insurers to brace for US$171bn of annual property cat losses: Verisk
The increasing global insured average annual loss is driven by the ongoing global expansion in property and insured values, according to Verisk's 2026 Global Modeled Catastrophe Losses Report.
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- September 1 2026
Seadrif triggers US$1.14m parametric payout for Laos floods
Insurer disburses US$1m to the government under its US$8m annual coverage and US$137,500 to the UN's World Food Programme under its US$1.1m policy.
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- September 1 2026
Soaring construction costs outpacing inflation, straining disaster recovery and insurance premiums: ICA
Building cost surge widens protection gap as 145,000 homes damaged in past years, according to the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
