Australia Braces for Another Week of Devastating Bushfires November 12, 2019 By Emily Cadman and Jason Scott Australia is bracing for another week of devastating bushfires, with swaths of the eastern seaboard and even areas of greater...
Typhoon Hagibis to Cost Japan’s Economy $10B, with Insured Losses in Billions: Aon November 8, 2019 Typhoon Hagibis is likely to become one of 2019’s costliest events, with economic costs of more than US$10 billion and...
Australia Faces More Severe Cyclones, Wildfires, Floods as Climate Warms: IAG November 1, 2019 By Peter Vercoe Australia faces the prospect of more severe cyclones, wildfires and floods as the climate warms, the nation’s largest insurer said....
Eastern Australia Wildfires Destroy Up to 30 Homes October 10, 2019 By Tristan Lavalette About 500 firefighters were battling out-of-control wildfires in eastern Australia that have destroyed up to 30 homes. More than 40...
Wildfires Threaten Towns in Rural Southeast Australia March 7, 2019 More homes were being threatened Tuesday [March 5] by wildfires that have burned dozens of homes and buildings in rural...
Australia Sweltered in January Through Hottest Month on Record February 4, 2019 By Rod McGuirk Australia sweltered through its hottest month on record in January and the summer of extremes continued with wildfires razing the...
Wildfires in Southeast Australia Destroy More Than 70 Homes, Kill Livestock March 19, 2018 By Edward Johnson More than 70 homes were destroyed as bushfires swept through the seaside town of Tathra in southeastern Australia at the...
Insured Losses from New South Wales’ Bushfires & Hailstorms Pass US$53.7M February 22, 2017 Combined losses from the two New South Wales catastrophes of bushfires and hailstorms, have passed A$70 million (US$53.7 million), according...
NSW Bushfires to Cost Insurers at Least US$15.3M: Insurance Council February 14, 2017 The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared an insurance catastrophe for bushfires that have destroyed homes, stock and other...
Australia Wildfire Insurance Losses Double to A$53 Million ($38 Million) December 29, 2015 By Michael Heath Losses from wildfires that destroyed more than 100 homes along a popular tourist stretch in southeastern Australia more than doubled...