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- April 27 2026
ICA calls on Australian government to establish US$21.6bn flood defence fund
The ICA has made four recommendations to safeguard those vulnerable to extreme flood risk in its submission to an Australian federal inquiry into local government funding.
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- April 23 2026
IAG NZ reports over 800 claims from heavy rain, flash flooding in Wellington
Cyclone Vaianu, which occurred less than a week before the new events, also resulted in more than 1,000 claims across home, contents, commercial, motor and boat policies
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- April 22 2026
Japan on high alert for second earthquake after first brings tsunamis, minor damage, injuries
Two people sustained minor injuries in the quake on Monday, while 26 non-residential buildings, including schools and restaurants, were damaged in Aomori, the prefecture said.
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- April 22 2026
Wellington remains under state of emergency after torrential rain, flash flooding
Wellington received a record 77mm of rain in less than an hour on Monday.
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- April 21 2026
APAC Q1 nat cat losses moderate despite high humanitarian impact: Gallagher Re
Below average tally of global insured losses in Q1 2026 will put the reinsurance market into an even better position to withstand higher individual or aggregate losses during the rest of the calendar year, Gallagher Re says.
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- April 21 2026
Australia’s 2025 extreme weather insured losses upped to US$3.4bn, ICA says
Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) says the increase was due to increased costs and further lodged claims.
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- April 21 2026
Outdated cat models can’t keep pace with soaring secondary peril’ threats: Swiss Re warns
Insurers must update models with current data, not just historical trends, to address rising losses from floods, wildfires, and storms, especially in Asia and Australia.
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- April 21 2026
New Zealand hit by storm every 8 days as wild weather fuels 256% jump in claims: IAG
Storm frequency has more than doubled, with the increased frequency of events driving a surge in insurance claims.
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- April 20 2026
7.5-magnitude earthquake off northeast Japan triggers tsunami alerts, evacuations
Japan Meteorological Agency warns region should be on alert for stronger earthquakes in the area over the next week, especially in the next two to three days.
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- April 20 2026
Tropical Cyclone Vaianu led to ‘slightly elevated’ claims, Tower says
Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture says Vaianu caused US$1.5m in non-salvageable damage and affected 13,769 agricultural households.
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- April 13 2026
Victoria bushfire losses rise to US$570m: Perils
Bushfires unfolded between January 7-13, when a severe heatwave drove extreme fire conditions across southeastern Australia.
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- April 12 2026
Cyclone Vaianu batters New Zealand’s North Island
Winds exceeding 130km/h force hundreds to evacuate and has caused power cuts to some 5,000 homes.
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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
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- 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.
