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- January 4 2024
Suncorp and IAG say December wild weather claims tracking below nat cat allowance
While the total cost of the two events have yet to be determined, Suncorp said it has US$459m in natural hazard allowance and IAG has US$114m till December 2023.
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- January 3 2024
ICA extends insurance catastrophe declaration to January 3 as extreme weather continues
Almost 38,000 insurance claims have been lodged following the weather that has impacted Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria since December 23.
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- January 3 2024
APAC 1.1 renewals see ‘flat to 5%’ hikes on loss-free programs: Gallagher Re
Excess of loss pricing adjustments in Asia reverted to levels reminiscent of the period preceding the market hardening in 2023.
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- January 3 2024
Eastern Australia’s wild weather claims in December top 40,000: ICA
While insurers received more than 37,000 claims from the Christmas storms across three states, the Cyclone Jasper claims from northern Queensland crossed 6000.
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- January 2 2024
Australia Christmas storms has potential to exceed US$1bn loss level: CRESTA
The two record-breaking New Zealand weather events in early 2023 and the August China floods among 7 non-US cat events with billion-dollar industry losses.
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- January 2 2024
Philippines pilots US$14.4bn nat cat cover for ‘strategic’ government assets
The programme covers 132,862 school buildings nationwide starting January 1 and the US$36m premium for the insurance was paid using the excess payout it received from the catastrophe bond.
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- January 1 2024
Japan issues highest tsunami warning after 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocks Ishikawa
Hundreds of houses collapsed, power, telecoms and internet services disrupted, planes and high-speed trains cancelled as the country braced for the first major tsunami warning since the 2011 Tohuku earthquake.
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- December 21 2023
ICA declares ex-cyclone Jasper insurance catastrophe as carriers get 3,800 claims
The escalation would result in prioritising claims for affected policyholders across the region.
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- December 20 2023
IRDAI hikes claims limit for appointment of loss adjusters for Cyclone Michaung losses
The increase in limit, which is applicable for two months, is to expedite the settlement of claims arising from the flooding in India's south-eastern coast.
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- December 20 2023
Australian insurers well placed to meet Jasper flood claims: S&P
Only insurers with high market shares in far north Queensland might trigger their reinsurance cat covers, the rating agency said.
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- December 20 2023
Gansu earthquake insured losses near US$2m as claims climb: NAFR
Insurers are processing claims "on fast track" as the country’s deadliest quake since 2014 has killed 113 and wrecked 155,000 homes in Gansu.
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- December 19 2023
Beijing cold snap hit non-life insurers with US$7m losses: NAFR
Record low temperatures and blizzards in the capital city have seen property & casualty insurers receive 5,389 claims as of last Friday, according to the regulator.
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- December 18 2023
Australian carriers see claims rise from flash floods following Cyclone Jasper
The ICA has declared a significant event in northern Queensland as Suncorp reported more than 500 claims and IAG about 100 from record flooding in Cairns.
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- December 15 2023
Shanghai Insurance Exchange sets template for reinsuring Greater Bay Area climate risks: Axa’s Sally Wan
Both Hong Kong and Shanghai have a role to play in helping (re)insurers manage risk and grow their P&C businesses, from climate to infrastructure risks, says the Greater China CEO.
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- December 14 2023
New India Assurance admits NHPC’s Sikkim flood claims
The state-owned power producer's projects damaged in the flood include Teesta-V Power Station (510 megawatt) and the under-construction Teesta-IV HE project (500 megawatt).
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- December 14 2023
Australian cyclone pool expects to cover 94% projected ultimate exposure by year-end
Nine out of 11 large insurers have already joined the ARPC while IAG and Autor & General will join by December 31; The pool made an underwriting loss of US$2.75m from a GWP of US$100m in FY 2023.
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- December 12 2023
Kiwi insurers settle claims worth US$1.7bn from twin weather events: ICNZ
87% of 115,353 claims worth US$2.2bn for Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods and Cyclone Gabrielle, two largest insurance weather events in the country's history, have been settled.
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- December 11 2023
Lack of investor awareness stifling Hong Kong’s US$560m cat bond market
Senior executives at insurers, brokers and the World Bank applaud the city’s effort to grow its insurance-linked securities market, but challenges remain.
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- December 8 2023
North Australian home insurance rates ‘substantially more’ than rest of country despite cyclone pool: ACCC
Insurance prices in the north, across home, strata and SME covers, remain high but the rate increase in 2022–23 is less than in the rest of Australia, the competition regulator said.
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- December 8 2023
South India floods: Insured losses could cross half-a-billion-dollar mark
Home and commercial property claims, BI losses continue to climb as the industrial hub of Chennai has yet to recover from the flooding, say local loss adjusters.
