Flood-Prone New Zealand Says It Needs to Adapt to Climate Extremes January 30, 2025 By Tracy Withers New Zealand plans to introduce legislation before the end of the year that will create a framework to help communities...
RBNZ Says Insurance May Become Unaffordable for High-Risk Homes April 29, 2024 By Tracy Withers New Zealanders who own properties in areas prone to flooding or earthquakes may find they can’t afford insurance or may...
Insured Price Tag for Natural Disasters Was $95B in 2023 With Economic Cost of $250B January 9, 2024 By L.S. Howard Natural catastrophes in 2023 caused global economic losses of US$250 billion, with insurers and reinsurers paying US$95 billion of that...
A Return to Balance: Brokers Say Reinsurance Renewals Were ‘Stable’ January 3, 2024 By L.S. Howard This year’s January reinsurance renewals were described by brokers as “stable,” “predictable,” “orderly,” “calmer,” “disciplined,” with “increased appetites” and a...
Turkey Earthquake Tops 2023 Insurance Industry Losses Outside US: CRESTA January 2, 2024 The largest non-US natural catastrophe in 2023 was the Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence in Turkey on Feb. 6, which generated an...
New Zealand Offers to Buy Out Owners of Cyclone, Flood-Damaged Homes June 1, 2023 By Matthew Brockett New Zealand’s government will help to buy out the owners of cyclone and flood-damaged houses in areas deemed susceptible to...
New Zealand Pledges $720M for Cyclone and Flood Recovery May 16, 2023 The New Zealand government said on Sunday it was allocating NZ$1.1 billion ($720 million) to help communities recover from a...
Insured Losses for New Zealand North Island Floods Estimated at NZ$1.8B: PERILS May 8, 2023 Insured losses for New Zealand’s North Island floods of Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 are estimated at NZ$1.75 billion ($1.1...
Global Insured Losses Estimated at $15B in Q1, With Economic Price Tag of $63B: Aon April 17, 2023 Private and public insurance entities saw an estimated $15 billion of global losses during the first quarter – close to...
Insured Losses From N. Zealand Floods Estimated at US$1.02B, With Profit Hit Expected March 15, 2023 By L.S. Howard The initial insured losses for the recent floods in the North Island of New Zealand are estimated at NZ$1.65 billion...