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- January 15 2026
Thai train collapse puts Dhipaya on the hook as lead insurer
Dhipaya covers 60% of the risk, with Bangkok Insurance and Intra Insurance each covering 20% for the high-speed rail construction project in northeast Thailand.
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- January 15 2026
Victoria bushfires destory 228 homes, 700 structures after burning area five times the size of Singapore
Insurers have received 2,201 insurance claims from the fires, which have been raging since last week, mostly in Victoria, but also in New South Wales.
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- January 14 2026
Non-peak perils show steady rise amid shifting climate patterns: Munich Re’s Tobias Grimm
Even as overall nat cat costs declined in 2025, reinsurer’s chief climate scientist tells InsuranceAsia News that climate change is intensifying risks in unexpected regions, underscoring the urgency of stronger resilience and preparedness measures worldwide.
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- January 13 2026
Victoria bushfire claims top 1,300, more than 500 structures damaged
Insurance Council of Australia says 30% of property claims are total losses for the fires that have been raging since last week.
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- January 12 2026
Victoria bushfires losses rise with 350 buildings destroyed, 15,000 livestock lost
Fires have been raging since last week, mostly in Victoria, but also in New South Wales.
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- January 8 2026
Late‑November storms to cost Australian insurers US$1.78bn: Perils
Figure covers property and motor hull losses for the severe convective storms in Queensland and New South Wales between November 21 and 27.
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- January 7 2026
Marsh names Edward Baker as energy, power claims advocacy leader for Asia
Baker relocates from London to Singapore as part of the new role.
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- December 22 2025
Wang Fuk Court fire insurance payouts exceed US$33m: HKIA
General insurers have processed 1,038 clams with total payout of around US$26m in the three weeks since the fire, the regulator said.
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- December 18 2025
Sri Lanka flood claims manageable for insurers, reinsurers to absorb non-motor losses: Fitch
National Insurance Trust Fund, as Sri Lanka's sole reinsurer, faces greater exposure amid lack of retrocession cover from recent flooding due to Cyclone Ditwah.
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- December 18 2025
Berkley Insurance Asia appoints Caroline Chan senior commercial lines underwriter for greater China
Hong Kong-based Chan joins the specialty carrier, having spent the last four years at Chubb.
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- December 16 2025
Allianz Commercial Japan hires HDI’s Darren Livengood as claims leader
Tokyo-based Livengood was previously head of claims for Japan at HDI for over five years.
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- December 15 2025
East Coast hailstorms to costs insurers US$736m: Perils
Figure covers property and motor hull lines of business collected from the majority of affected insurance firms for the hailstorms in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria between October 26 and November 1.
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- December 15 2025
Helvetia snaps up Alex Lee as Asia claims manager
Singapore-based Lee joins from Mapletree, having also worked for Chubb and Marsh.
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- December 12 2025
Rising cost of Queensland, New South Wales hailstorms creates ‘challenging months ahead’
Market has seen a high volume of claims across a widespread area, along with water ingress and related property damage, spanning domestic and commercial sectors.
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- December 8 2025
‘China Taiping good enough on its own’ after Wang Fuk Court fire, HKIA CEO Clement Cheung says
About 10,000 active life insurance policies from 35 insurers and 1,800 property policies from 35 insurers have been identified as having been issued to residents, he adds.
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- December 4 2025
30 Hong Kong insurers issued over 8,700 life, property policies to Wang Fuk Court residents: HKIA
Hong Kong Insurance Authority (HKIA) CEO Clement Cheung says the authority has set up a special task force, led by senior executives, following last week's deadly blaze.
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- December 2 2025
Berkley Re Asia elevates Si Wei Tay to head of claims, Billy Kwan to property and business support head
Singapore-based duo held the positions of senior reinsurance claims officer and underwriting manager, respectively, before the promotions.
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- November 28 2025
Wang Fuk Court: China Taiping confirms it provided coverage for all major insurance policies as death toll passes 120
Hong Kong insurer says it underwrote the construction works insurance, construction employee compensation insurance, owners' corporation third-party liability insurance, property insurance, and public liability insurance for the public housing estate, as first reported by IAN.
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- November 28 2025
Exclusive: Hong Kong housing estate fire property claim could top US$200m, with China Taiping the sole insurer
Hong Kong firm provides the master property insurance for the Wang Fuk Court housing estate, as well as contractors’ all-risk policy, including third-party liability, and employee compensation cover.
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- November 27 2025
Suncorp on the hook for US$230m from Queensland hail
Insurer has received just over 10,000 claims, with approximately 5,000 in home and 5,000 in motor.
