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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 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 5 2025
Queensland, New South Wales hail claims top Halloween Hailstorms
Suncorp has responded to more than 6,500 vehicle claims following the severe weather event.
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- November 28 2025
ICA extends insurance cat declaration to across Queensland, New South Wales
Insurers have received more than 44,600 claims for Cat 255, or the 'Qld and NSW Severe Storms and Hail'.
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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.
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- November 26 2025
Claims top 27,000 after giant hail battered Queensland, New South Wales
Insurance Council of Australia declared an insurance catastrophe after thousands of homes were left without power and residents suffered damage to property.
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- November 25 2025
ICA declares insurance catastrophe after giant hail batters Queensland
Insurers are also 'closely monitoring and prioritising' claims from the Northern Territory and Western Australia following Tropical Cyclone Fina.
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- November 10 2025
IAG receives over 10,000 claims from significant weather events across Queensland, NSW, Victoria
Majority relate to motor and property hail damage, with over half from customers of RACQ Insurance, which IAG acquired in September.
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- November 5 2025
ICA expands Severe Spring Storms declaration as Queensland claims surge past 26,000
Storms have produced thousands of new claims across the state, with early industry estimates pointing to insured losses exceeding A$250 million (US$165 million).
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- November 4 2025
SIRC : Demand for flood, SCS data increases amid rising economic losses in APAC: Perils
Recent typhoons in the Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam, along with Myanmar earthquake, also drive demand for historically peak perils data.
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- October 30 2025
Southeast Queensland hailstorm claims top 10,000 as clean up continues
IAG and Suncorp are dealing with claims and significant costs after the event struck the Brisbane region on Sunday.
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- October 28 2025
ICA declares ‘significant event’ in Queensland after severe hailstorms
The hailstorms in the greater Brisbane region on Sunday have led to over 11,000 claims so far, the industry lobby said.
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- July 31 2025
Perils expands SCS coverage to Japan, New Zealand
New service will capture SCS industry losses above JPY100bn and NZD300m as of August 1.
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- July 30 2025
Bigger, more frequent hail threat grows for Australian cities as climate warms
University of New South Wales research shows likes of Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth are at an increased risk.
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- May 16 2025
Beijing hail leads to US$44m insured loss from widespread motor, property damage
Local insurers have received at least 45,600 claims, with the majority related to motor, as of May 14, according to the Beijing Financial Regulatory Bureau.
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- November 18 2024
Modellers step up efforts on flood models amid rising secondary peril risk in APAC
Verisk and Moody’s RMS indicate they are listening to the concerns of the market and have laid out plans to “close the gap”.
