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- November 25 2025
ICA declares insurance catastrophe after giant hail batters Queensland
Insurers are also 'closely monitoring and prioritising' claims from the Northern Territory and Western Australia following Tropical Cyclone Fina.
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- November 19 2025
ARPC declares cyclone event as Tropical Cyclone Fina strengthens
First tropical cyclone of Australia’s storm season has developed off the country’s northern coast.
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- November 19 2025
Japanese mega earthquake payouts could severely hurt insurers, economy: S&P Global
Agency estimates corporate earthquake-related claims of up to US$26.37bn for a Nankai Trough event and up to US$7bn for a Tokyo quake.
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- November 14 2025
Costs start to add up for Vietnam, Phillippines after typhoons Kalmaegi, Fung-wong
Typhoon Kalmaegi struck the Philippines and Vietnam last week, before Typhoon Fung-wong brought severe flooding and damage to the Philippines and Taiwan over the past week.
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- November 11 2025
Seadrif, Philippines join hands to explore disaster insurance facility for public assets
Seadrif Sovereign Asset and Fiscal Empowerment facility is intended to ensure uninterrupted delivery of essential services to citizens in the aftermath of natural disasters.
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- November 10 2025
IAG receives over 10,000 claims from significant weather events across Queensland, NSW, Victoria
Majority relate to motor and property hail damage, with over half from customers of RACQ Insurance, which IAG acquired in September.
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- November 7 2025
Philippines, Vietnam facing ‘100s of millions’ of losses from Typhoon Kalmaegi: Aon
Officials in the Philippines also warn of Typhoon Fung-wong, which is expected to develop into a super typhoon by Saturday.
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- November 5 2025
ICA expands Severe Spring Storms declaration as Queensland claims surge past 26,000
Storms have produced thousands of new claims across the state, with early industry estimates pointing to insured losses exceeding A$250 million (US$165 million).
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- November 4 2025
SIRC : Demand for flood, SCS data increases amid rising economic losses in APAC: Perils
Recent typhoons in the Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam, along with Myanmar earthquake, also drive demand for historically peak perils data.
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- November 3 2025
SIRC: Trillion-yen loss year in Japan a matter of ‘if not when’, says Swiss Re’s Atsuhiro Dodo
Demand for natural catastrophe insurance continues to grow, driven by heightened risk awareness following recent quakes and inflation, says the country head for the global reinsurer.
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- October 30 2025
Southeast Queensland hailstorm claims top 10,000 as clean up continues
IAG and Suncorp are dealing with claims and significant costs after the event struck the Brisbane region on Sunday.
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- October 28 2025
ICA declares ‘significant event’ in Queensland after severe hailstorms
The hailstorms in the greater Brisbane region on Sunday have led to over 11,000 claims so far, the industry lobby said.
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- October 20 2025
Australia prepares for ‘hotter-than-normal summer’: BOM
The Bureau of Meteorology also warned of increased risk of bushfires and increasing risk of powerful storms.
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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.
