Japan typhoons News

Everest Re Group Estimates Q3 Catastrophe Losses of $280 Million

Everest Re Group Ltd. announced a preliminary pre-tax catastrophe loss estimate for the third quarter of 2019 in the amount of $280 million. This amount is net of reinsurance recoveries and reinstatement premiums, said Everest Re, noting that net of …

Hurricane Dorian Ties as Strongest Landfalling Atlantic Hurricane on Record: Aon

Hurricane Dorian made landfalls in the Bahamas, North Carolina, and Canada in early September, bringing total economic and insured losses in the billions, according to Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report. Total economic and insured losses in the Bahamas alone …

AXIS Capital Estimates Q3 Catastrophe Losses of Up to $175 Million

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced a preliminary pre-tax loss estimate for Hurricane Dorian, Japanese typhoons and other weather-related events in the range of $150 million to $175 million, net of estimated recoveries from reinsurance and retrocessional covers, and including the …

Update: Typhoon Hagibis Rips Across Japan, Causing Flooding, Killing at Least 43

Japan is sending more than 110,000 people including its Self-Defense Forces to tackle rescue and cleanup operations in the wake of the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in decades, which left at least 43 people dead. Police, firefighters …

Update: Super Typhoon Hagibis Tracks Toward Japan; Guy Carpenter, RMS Comment

Super Typhoon Hagabis has been a category 5 for much of the first half of this week, but fortunately is forecast to weaken to a category 3 typhoon when it makes landfall in Japan on Saturday morning, Oct. 12, said …

Super Typhoon Hagibis on Track to Hit Japan, Disrupting Rugby World Cup

Two Rugby World Cup games pitting England against France and New Zealand against Italy have been called off as the powerful Typhoon Hagibis approaches Japan this weekend, organizers confirmed. The decision means both matches will be considered scoreless draws, with …

Nippon Steel to Shut Typhoon-Damaged Kimitsu Plant until End of December

Japan’s biggest steelmaker, Nippon Steel Corp., said on Thursday one of the two steelmaking plants at its Kimitsu Steel Works will be shut until the end of December, to repair a chimney that collapsed in a typhoon last month. The …

Typhoon Mitag Lashes Eastern China, Heads to South Korea

After lashing parts of Taiwan and Japan’s southernmost Ryukyu Islands on Monday, Typhoon Mitag is passing eastern China today and then takes aim at South Korea and the remainder of Japan later this week, according to weather.com meteorologists, in a …

Typhoon Tapah Disrupts Hundreds of Domestic Flights in Japan and South Korea

Hundreds of domestic flights in Japan were canceled because of Typhoon Tapah, and the storm caused similar disruptions in South Korea as it moved to make landfall later Sunday. Airlines operating in Japan called off more than 420 domestic flights …

Insured Losses for Typhoon Faxai Estimated at US$3B-US$7B: AIR Worldwide

Industry insured losses from Typhoon Faxai, which made landfall in Japan on Sept. 9, will be between 340 billion Japanese yen (US$3 billion) and 740 billion yen (USD 7 billion), estimated Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide. Typhoon Faxai …