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- October 16 2025
Despite benign Q3, global insured losses in 2025 hit US$114bn: Aon
APAC events that exceeded US$1bn economic losses in Q3 were seasonal floods in China, Typhoon Wipha , Punjab Floods in India and Pakistan.
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- October 15 2025
Q3 nat cat losses at two-decade low of US$50bn: Gallagher Re
In terms of insured losses, the third quarter by itself tentatively produced less than US$15bn in insured losses and was the lowest total since 2016.
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- October 10 2025
Vietnam’s 2025 nat cat economic losses top US$1.3bn
Typhoon Matmo over the weekend expected to add hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to the region recovering from the Typhoon Bualoi the week before.
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- October 10 2025
Magnitude 7.4 earthquake jolts Philippines even as Cebu losses mount
The country is still recovering from a 6.9 quake that struck off Cebu island on September 30 that left at least 74 people dead and displaced thousands.
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- October 10 2025
Mounting hail and flood losses raise alarm for APAC (re)insurers
Shifting risk landscape and growing cat exposures highlight the need for alternative sources of capital in Asia, says Perils' Darryl Pidcock.
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- October 9 2025
Kiwi Natural Hazards Commission invites bids from reinsurance brokers for 2027 renewal
The NHC intends to release a request for proposal in April to May next year and will select a new broker by late August 2026.
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- October 8 2025
ARPC in ‘strong financial position’ despite ‘large scale’ impact of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation suffered an operating deficit of US$587.5m during the 2024-25 financial year, according to its annual report.
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- October 7 2025
Vietnam’s Typhoon Bualoi insurance payouts cross US$13m
Vung Ang 2 thermal power plant is believed to have suffered the biggest loss following typhoon Bualoi, which killed at least 53, injured 165 and left 14 missing after hitting 12 Vietnamese provinces last week.
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- October 7 2025
Eye in the sky expands tropical cyclone coverage across Australia, Japan to ‘fill the gap’ amid rising demand
Finnish firm ICEYE is also close to launching an earthquake product in Japan, global head of insurance Stephen Lathrope tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- October 6 2025
Australia’s insurance losses down 25% in 2024–25, ICA says
Declared events over the 12 months to June 30, 2025, included one cyclone and two floods, according to the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
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- October 2 2025
Typhoon Bualoi results in US$432m economic losses in Vietnam: reports
Insured loss is expected to account for 5-10% of the economic loss, McLarens' country manager in Vietnam told InsuranceAsia News.
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- October 1 2025
Australia starts consultation on terrorism and cyclone reinsurance legislation
The Treasury has launched a statutory review of the Terrorism and Cyclone Insurance Act 2003, inviting public feedback on the relevance and governance of national reinsurance pools.
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- October 1 2025
Typhoon Bualoi: damage to Vietnamese thermal power plant may trigger reinsurance claims
Starr is the lead reinsurer for the PVI-led insurance program of the supercritical project in the northern Ha Tinh province, InsuranceAsia News understands.
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- September 30 2025
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred accounts for over 90% of pool claims since inception, ARPC says
Cyclone pool received 101,888 claims from the cyclone that affected Queensland and New South Wales during February and March, totalling to US$650m.
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- September 30 2025
Opinion: ‘Dib dib dob dob’: Hong Kong’s disaster risk management leads the way, highlighted by subdued Super Typhoon Ragasa losses
Most powerful tropical cyclone of the year to date impacted Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, Taiwan and the Philippines last week.
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- September 29 2025
Hong Kong’s curtailed Super Typhoon Ragasa economic losses under US$400m: report
Claims mainly from wind and flooding, with water damage across all affected territories, David Seng, technical and strategic projects director at Sedgwick in Asia also tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- September 26 2025
Super Typhoon Ragasa’s impact less than feared in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau
Despite widespread reports of property losses, claims from the strongest storm of the year are expected to be much smaller than that from Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018, loss adjusters tell IAN.
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- September 23 2025
Super Typhoon Ragasa: Hong Kong insurance industry braces for world’s strongest storm in 2025
Tens of millions of people could be impacted as the storm passes south of the major centres of Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Guangzhou.
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- September 23 2025
ARPC revises cyclone pool rates with SME risk mitigation discounts
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) makes no other changes to the premium rating, with home and strata premium rates unchanged.
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- September 22 2025
Super Typhoon Ragasa: Hong Kong facing US$100m bill: report
Region is battening down for the typhoon, which is expected to bring hurricane-force winds of up to 220km/h and is projected to make landfall in southeast China on Wednesday.
