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- September 15 2026
Thailand’s (re)insurance market defies regional softening as cat losses reshape risk landscape
Earthquake in Myanmar in March 2025 and severe floods in November have reshaped Thailand's property catastrophe market.
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- September 2 2026
Nepal flood claims top US$170m as death toll surpasses 1,100
Oriental Insurance receives the highest claim volume, while engineering and construction risk policies have taken the hardest hit.
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- August 30 2026
International reinsurers to absorb most insured losses from Nepal flash floods: AM Best
Insured exposure is expected to be concentrated on commercial risks, primarily hydropower assets, infrastructure projects, and properties along the Nepal-China trade corridor.
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- August 28 2026
Nepal flash floods insured losses could top US$1bn, spilling into reinsurance
Major international and regional reinsurers, including Hannover Re, GIC Re, Saudi Re, and Kenya Re, face material exposures via direct and retrocession programs.
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- August 27 2026
Deadly flash flood on Nepal-China border leaves widespread destruction
More than 270 people have died, while over 1,000 are still missing following the event on Wednesday morning.
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- July 31 2026
Opinion: Flood threat in Southeast Asia is real and growing – time for modellers to strut their stuff as AI leads the way
Asia's flood-vulnerable population has surged by one billion since 1975, but AI-driven defences are emerging in Hong Kong and Bangkok.
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- July 12 2026
Typhoon Bavi slams eastern China, forces millions to evacuate
The windstorm, the second to hit the country in a week, was downgraded after making landfall early Sunday.
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- July 10 2026
Typhoon Maysak payout hits US$323m as China braces for Typhoon Bavi
Insurers in Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guizhou, Gansu, Chongqing, Jiangxi, Anhui, and other regions have received 320,000 reports.
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- July 9 2026
Typhoon Maysak claims top 11,000 in China, insured losses hit US$16m
Ping An, Taiping, China Life P&C, CIC China Insurance, and China Continent Insurance have all reported claims related to the typhoon and the subsequent thunderstorms and tornadoes.
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- July 7 2026
Wild weather hits China as Typhoon Maysak floods Guangxi, deadly storms tear through Hubei, Super Typhoon Bavi loom
Events on Monday caused widespread damage, including a dam collapse, leaving at least 15 people dead and tens of thousands affected.
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- May 25 2026
China floods trigger US$110m in losses as claims top 33,000
Insurers have paid out US$31m in claims following heavy rains across southern and central China, according to the National Financial Regulatory Administration.
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- May 11 2026
New Zealand’s Natural Hazard Commission receives almost 200 claims following April storms
Commission says 66% of claims were related to landslide damage, with 34% related to storm and flood damage.
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- May 4 2026
Asia nat cat insured losses top US$5bn, economic damage reaches US$65bn in 2025: Swiss Re
Some of the largest loss-making events struck lower-income countries with low insurance penetration and weak risk preparedness, according to an Asia analysis from Swiss Re Institute.
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- May 3 2026
ADB issues US$160m inaugural sovereign cat bonds for Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Two Asian Development Bank (ADB) US$80m bonds with parametric triggers listed on the Singapore Exchange will offer protection against earthquakes and flooding.
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- April 29 2026
Japan insurers’ major nat cat claims hit US$464m in FY25, Kyushu floods drive 91% of losses: GIAJ
Torrential rains that struck Kyushu in August cost carriers US$424m in claims, according to data from General Insurance Association of Japan.
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- April 29 2026
‘Catastrophic failure’ risk looms amid warning Shanghai floods could expand 80% by 2100
Study shows China's international financial hub requires layered defences, but also that the risk of a 'catastrophic failure' is real.
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- April 27 2026
ICA calls on Australian government to establish US$21.6bn flood defence fund
The ICA has made four recommendations to safeguard those vulnerable to extreme flood risk in its submission to an Australian federal inquiry into local government funding.
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- April 23 2026
IAG NZ reports over 800 claims from heavy rain, flash flooding in Wellington
Cyclone Vaianu, which occurred less than a week before the new events, also resulted in more than 1,000 claims across home, contents, commercial, motor and boat policies
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- April 22 2026
Wellington remains under state of emergency after torrential rain, flash flooding
Wellington received a record 77mm of rain in less than an hour on Monday.
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- March 18 2026
Indonesia to launch national parametric products for coffee, cocoa farmers
Insurtech Blue Marble, state-owned insurer Asuransi Jasindo, and the InsuResilience Solutions Fund are co-funding the development and implementation, with support from the Ministry of Agriculture.
