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- October 2 2024
Typhoon Shanshan claims climb to US$180m in Japan
Fire insurance losses accounted for the bulk of 90% of the claims paid out and 85% of claims filed after the strongest typhoon to hit the country in decades made landfall in south-west Japan on August 29.
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- October 2 2024
Reinsurers’ risk insights, modelling vital to taming escalating nat cat losses: Swiss Re
Besides providing capacity, the reinsurer's expertise and insights on risks related to climate change and renewable energy are key to its collaboration with insurers in limiting nat cat losses, says Victor Kuk.
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- October 1 2024
Crawford Malaysia names Mohammad Aminuddin as head of Pahang branch
The loss adjuster has also brought in Nazirul Jabri Bin Roslee as senior adjuster as it looks to strengthen its capabilities ahead of the monsoon season.
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- September 30 2024
ARPC to raise premium rates for cyclone reinsurance pool
The 2024 pricing review of the cyclone pool premium rates targets the introduction of premium discounts for strata properties and maintaining the price algorithm to rate for new addresses registered since the previous review and address insurer feedback to make the pricing algorithm more consistent with market practise.
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- September 30 2024
Typhoon Krathon expected to make ‘rare’ direct hit on Taiwan’s western plains
The tropical storm, likely to intensify into a super typhoon, is forecast to hit the major port city of Kaohsiung early on October 2 and make its way to Japan.
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- September 30 2024
Seadrif targets Asean expansion as it ramps up advocacy to tackle bottlenecks
While it has achieved success in Laos, a significant protection gap persists in the region, highlighting the need for improved data management and government support for effective disaster risk solutions, chairman Yoshihiro Kawai tells IAN.
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- September 27 2024
Typhoon Yagi triggers first-ever insurance payout for Red Cross’ global disaster fund
Asia's most powerful typhoon this year has tipped the disaster response fund run by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies over the deductible threshold at US$38.9 million, triggering its first-ever payout.
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- September 26 2024
Next Queensland government should axe stamp duty: ICA
ICA forecasts an 8% reduction in premiums if the next state government removes a 9% stamp duty on insurance, which is imposed after a goods and services tax.
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- September 26 2024
Reinsurers pivotal to supporting China’s cat insurance system: Taiping Re’s Sheldon Yu
The Chinese government has stated its intention to promote a catastrophe insurance system that will run along market principles, as regulators seek to improve the country’s response to natural catastrophes, which have caused direct economic losses of US$12.8bn in H1 2024.
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- September 25 2024
Rising cat losses in Greater China put risk exposures under the lens
(Re)insurers in the region are increasingly focusing on understanding and analysing risk exposures and are more willing to invest in data collection, says Guy Carpenter’s Kitty Bao.
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- September 23 2024
Typhoon Yagi to drive reinsurance premium, deductible increases in Vietnam and beyond
Premiums increases that will allow the carriers to cover costs and mitigate future risks are likely to be particularly evident in high-risk areas, such as coastal provinces in the north.
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- September 23 2024
Japan’s flooding and landslides cause power cuts, casualties in quake-hit Noto Peninsula
More than 100,000 people have been ordered to be evacuated in Ishikawa and Kumamoto prefectures with 6,000 households left without power Japan and train services suspended as Japan Meteorological Agency issued its highest "life-threatening" alert level following torrential rains in the region.
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- September 20 2024
NZ fire levy increase revised downwards amid funding review
The levy hiked to 12.8% in July and Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) was set for an additional 5.2% increase to 2029. However, the government has revised the percentage to 2.2%.
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- September 18 2024
Australia’s reinsurance pool led to a 21% fall in home premiums: study
The study by an MIT researcher claims that public reinsurance is a cost-effective policy solution for rehabilitating insurance markets affected by catastrophic climate risks.
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- September 16 2024
Typhoon Yagi inflicts US$1.6bn in damages to Vietnam, to impact GDP growth
The super storm impacted 26 Vietnamese localities that collectively represent 41% of the country’s GDP and 40% of its population.
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- September 16 2024
Severe Typhoon Bebinca grounds flights, rail services and shut resorts as it lands in Shanghai
The strongest to hit Shanghai in 75 years, the meteorological bureau warns of heavy downpour and flooding risks for Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces up to September 18.
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- September 13 2024
China braces for typhoon Bebinca as Yagi slaps US$11bn economic losses on Hainan: report
The country’s meteorological bureau issued a blue alert for its 13th typhoon of the year warning of heavy rain in Zhejiang, and Shanghai. This followed local media reports pointing to escalating economic losses that super typhoon Yagi caused to Hainan.
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- September 13 2024
Typhoon Yagi likely to impact earnings of Vietnamese insurers: AM Best
The reinsurance programmes will mitigate the impact on rated non-life insurers’ underwriting performance and would likely prevent capital events.
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- September 12 2024
Thai insurers brace for losses as Yagi remnants raise flood risk
Thailand’s meteorological department said more heavy rain is expected until September 18 with the risk of flash floods, as a northern monsoon trough is moving down and a southern one is gaining strength.
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- September 11 2024
Japan, Australia are top two APAC markets most sensitive to rise in nat cat claims: S&P
Insured annual catastrophe losses averaged US$6.6 billion in Japan, and US$2.5 billion in Australia over a ten-year period. China ranked third in Asia, at US$1.7 billion, according to the rating agency.
