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- May 14 2025
APAC faces billion-dollar economic losses from Q1 wildfires: Aon
The costliest event for APAC insurers was ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, while Myanmar earthquake was the costliest economic loss in the region, with damages expected to reach billions of dollars.
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- May 13 2025
Howden Asia hires ecosystems industry veteran Daniel Fairweather
Singapore-based Fairweather was previously executive director at Gallagher and divisional director at WTW.
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- May 12 2025
Australia’s extreme weather costs near US$1bn in 2025: ICA
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred was the costliest event at US$770m accounting for more than 90% of the claims.
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- May 12 2025
Green transition to test industry’s relevance as debate intensifies, LMA’s Paul Davenport says
Lloyd’s Market Association finance and risk director made the comments after it had been suggested that insurers have often been seen as 'going missing in action' when it came to the structure of green finance for projects.
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- May 9 2025
Cut taxes to bring relief to Australian policyholders, QBE chairman says
Australia’s state government insurance taxes raised US$2.2bn more than the entire industry’s profits in 2024.
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- April 30 2025
MIA no longer an excuse: time for insurers to create vintage blended solution to aid green finance
Leading climate experts have urged insurers to play a role in driving green finance and investments by supporting the risks of the new technology that will power the world’s energy future.
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- April 23 2025
Myanmar earthquake world’s third costliest economic loss event in Q1: Gallagher Re
California fires' US$40bn losses expected to be an earnings event for carriers and is unlikely to affects global renewal cycles.
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- March 21 2025
Despite Typhoon Yagi losses, Hanoi Re to maintain strong capital buffers: AM Best
Global rating agency affirms insurer rating of B++ (good) for the reinsurer, with a stable outlook.
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- March 17 2025
Korean regulator to promote parametrics, support carriers’ overseas expansion to tackle emerging risks
FSC announces 11 proposals to address five major challenges – climate, overseas expansion, technology, population, and debt management.
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- February 27 2025
Japan’s deadly heavy snow likely to lead to property, BI claims with limited exposure
Regional loss adjusters tell IAN that record snowfall in Niigata, Ishikawa and Nagano prefectures, as well as other areas of Japan, has already led to travel delays, car accidents and property damage.
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- February 26 2025
Seadrif to establish Southeast Asia agricultural risk finance facility through Asean partnerships
Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will conduct a pre-feasibility assessment and work with six countries to assess gaps and implement arrangements for climate investments.
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- February 20 2025
Australia set for increased summer rainfall, bushfire risks: Gallagher Re
Likelihood of above-average cloudiness and high ocean temperatures means Australia is expected to have notably above-average minimum temperatures through Q1 2025.
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- February 14 2025
Insured losses from 2 of New Zealand’s most destructive nat cats top US$2.1bn: ICNZ
Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods and Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023 resulted in over 118,000 insurance claims.
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- February 12 2025
Opinion: With fires, floods ripping through limits, will carriers get with the program?
Insurers handed wake-up call after LA fires and Queensland floods usher in 2025.
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- February 2 2025
ICA declares significant event for northern Queensland floods
Flooding and storms have mostly affected Australian communities in Townsville, Innisfail, Ingham, Gordonvale and Cardwell.
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- January 27 2025
As carbon capture insurance demand grows, time for London to ‘show its leadership’
Clients in APAC and beyond are turning to London's vast energy experience to leverage its capacity for managing traditional and emerging risks, market sources tell IAN.
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- January 23 2025
With Donald Trump’s ESG curveball, what’s the outlook for APAC liability coverage?
With environmental, social and governance (ESG) back in the spotlight in the first week of the new US presidency, market experts say clients are demanding liability cover amid an ever-changing regional landscape.
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- January 22 2025
APAC records nat cat insured losses at US$8bn in 2024, the lowest since 2012: Gallagher Re
Three events - China seasonal floods, Typhoon Yagi, and Japan’s Noto Peninsula Earthquake - drove 68% of economic losses, or US$88bn, in the region.
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- January 22 2025
Australia twin event losses to remain below major cat level, adjuster says
Carriers received 5,400+ claims from severe weather events on the east coast, while Cyclone Sean caused record rains and port disruptions in Western Australia.
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- January 21 2025
With US$100bn losses now the norm, rising attachment points create new dynamic for cat programs
Scale of nat cat losses needed to turn the market continues to rise as structural changes in reinsurance programs bed in across Asia Pacific.
