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- July 29 2025
APAC H1 insured losses hit US$4.4bn, global claims top US$80bn: Munich Re
Earthquake that rocked Myanmar and Thailand, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in Australia, as well January quake events in China and Taiwan. were the major loss drivers in Asia Pacific.
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- July 29 2025
30 dead in Beijing after days of torrential rain, 80,000 residents relocated
Hong Kong on Tuesday had also issued its first black rainstorm warning of the year as heavy downpours hit the city.
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- July 22 2025
South Korea flood motor claims rise to US$22m: report
At least 17 people died in floods and landslides caused by the torrential rain, which started last week and intensified over the weekend.
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- July 18 2025
South Korea hit by torrential rain with 4 dead, 500 properties damaged
Over 400mm of rain fell over three days, with most rain-related fatalities reported in South Chungcheong province.
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- July 18 2025
Tonga renews US$17m multi-peril cover with PCRIC
Renewed policy is expected to provide coverage for tropical cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, and droughts, and will have a US$1m premium contribution from the Tongan government.
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- July 16 2025
US$1.3bn Myanmar earthquake biggest non-US insured loss event in H1 2025 as global total tops US$84bn: Gallagher Re
‘Psychological threshold’ question, the report says, is when will the insurance industry face its first US$200bn nominal annual loss year?
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- July 16 2025
Tokyo flooding to bring minimal losses, but highlights growing need to adjust underwriting strategies, flood models
While the event may not significantly impact (re)insurance pricing, loss adjusters told InsuranceAsia News that insurers need to respond to increasing attritional nat cat losses.
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- July 14 2025
‘Tough for communities’: New Zealanders begin clean-up again after latest severe weather
As of 2pm Sunday, AMI, State and NZI had received more than 150 claims from the weather event across home, contents, motor and commercial policies.
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- July 2 2025
As ‘bomb cyclone’ hits Australia’s NSW, 2025 losses top US$1.2bn
Coastal low weather system has led to damaging wind and heavy rainfall since Tuesday.
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- June 20 2025
Aggregated losses from typhoon Wutip could reach hundreds of millions of US dollars: Aon
Particularly significant economic and insured losses are expected due to widespread flooding in southern China.
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- June 5 2025
Australian insurers faced with US$1.9bn bill after triple whammy: JBA
February's north Queensland floods, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, and the ongoing Mid North Coast and Hunter Regions floods in New South Wales have caused widespread damage.
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- June 3 2025
NSW floods claims top 8,700 as residents face ‘uncertain future’
Over 78% of claims are related to property, according to the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
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- May 30 2025
‘No protection’: 9 out of 10 farmers affected by NSW flood are uninsured
Insurers have received 7,383 claims related to floods as of Friday, according to the Insurance Council of Australia, although farmers are unable to obtain flood cover, according to an insurance adviser in one of the hardest-hit towns.
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- May 29 2025
‘Recovery doesn’t happen overnight’: NSW floods claims top 7,000
Claims related to the Mid North Coast and Hunter Regions floods have risen to 7,014 on Thursday, up from 6,109 on Wednesday.
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- May 28 2025
NSW floods claims jump 20%, clean up and recovery expected to be long-term
Insurers have received more than 6,000 claims relating to the Mid North Coast and Hunter region floods as of Wednesday, according to the Insurance Council of Australia.
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- May 28 2025
With Australia, India and China inundated by record floods, voices swell to rewrite the nat cat lexicon
Floods in Australia have been widely described as a one-in-500-year event, but such categorisations are now being seen as harmful to the insurance industry.
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- May 27 2025
Insurance catastrophe declared as NSW floods claims near 5,000
Mid North Coast and Hunter flooding event has impacted communities since last week.
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- May 26 2025
‘If it’s flooded, forget it’: as deadly NSW floods recede, claims jump with 10,000 properties damaged
Insurers have received more than 4,100 claims as of Monday after rainfall and flooding hit the region last week.
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- May 26 2025
Scale, complexity of NSW floods prompt further scrutiny of climate risk models
Loss adjusters expect a high volume of diverse claims from the 'one-in-500-year' event across the Mid North Coast and Hunter regions of New South Wales in Australia.
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- May 21 2025
‘One-in-500-year’: ICA declares NSW flooding a significant event
Event may be escalated to an insurance catastrophe if there is a significant increase in claim numbers or complexity, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) says.
