Windstorm Archives - InsuranceAsia News https://insuranceasianews.com/subject/windstorm/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:15:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 ARPC declares cyclone event for Tropical Cyclone Jenna in the Indian Ocean https://insuranceasianews.com/arpc-declares-cyclone-event-for-tropical-cyclone-jenna-in-the-indian-ocean/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:15:51 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=208068 Fourth cyclone of Australia’s storm season is not expected to impact Indian Ocean territories or the Western Australia mainland.

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The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has declared that a cyclone event has begun in relation to Tropcial Cyclone Jenna after it formed in the Indian Ocean on Monday.
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]]> ARPC declares end of Tropical Cyclone Grant after 282 hours https://insuranceasianews.com/tropical-cyclone-grant-ends-after-282-hours/ Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:52:03 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207914 It had passed the remote Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean last week. 

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The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has declared an end to the cyclone event in relation to Tropical Cyclone Grant after 282 hours after it had formed in the Indian Ocean before Christm...

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]]> Tropical Cyclone Hayley hits Western Australia, ARPC declares end of event https://insuranceasianews.com/tropical-cyclone-hayley-hits-western-australia-arpc-declares-end-of-event/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:31:39 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207749 Multiple severe weather warnings have also been issued for New Year's Eve in Queensland.

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Tropical Cyclone Hayley made landfall in Western Australia on Tuesday, bringing significant rainfall and damaging winds before weakening and being downgraded.
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]]> ARPC declares cyclone event after Tropical Cyclone Grant forms in Indian Ocean https://insuranceasianews.com/arpc-declares-cyclone-event-after-tropical-cyclone-grant-forms-in-indian-ocean/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:06:38 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207589 Tropical Cyclone Grant is set to impact the Cocos (Keeling) Islands as a category 2 system late on Christmas Eve or on the morning of Christmas Day.

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The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has declared a cyclone event in relation to Tropical Cyclone Grant after it formed in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday.
The ARPC considers 12:56pm Austral...

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]]> Sri Lanka flood claims manageable for insurers, reinsurers to absorb non-motor losses: Fitch https://insuranceasianews.com/sri-lanka-flood-claims-manageable-for-insurers-reinsurers-to-absorb-non-motor-losses-fitch/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:05:08 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207252 National Insurance Trust Fund, as Sri Lanka's sole reinsurer, faces greater exposure amid lack of retrocession cover from recent flooding due to Cyclone Ditwah.

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Insured losses arising from recent flooding due to Cyclone Ditwah are likely to be limited for most rated insurers in Sri Lanka because of low retention levels in the non-motor segment and reinsurance...

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]]> Typhoon Odette survivors in the Philippines sue Shell seeking corporate liability for climate-related losses https://insuranceasianews.com/survivors-of-typhoon-odette-sue-shell-seeking-corporate-liability-for-climate-related-losses/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:43:31 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=206605 The lawsuit, filed in London, argues Shell’s historic emissions materially intensified Super Typhoon Odette’s landing in December 2021.

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Survivors of Super Typhoon Odette have filed a case against oil company Shell in London seeking corporate liability for specific climate-related deaths, injuries, and destruction.
The lawsuit, filed a...

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]]> Asia Pacific accounts for half of US$22bn losses from 2025 tropical cyclones: Munich Re https://insuranceasianews.com/asia-pacific-accounts-for-half-of-us22bn-losses-from-2025-tropical-cyclones-munich-re/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:00:50 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=205767 Reinsurer’s preliminary estimates reveal a paradoxical season with numerous severe storms but total and insured losses far below decadal averages.

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Asia Pacific has accounted for around half of the US$22 billion total losses from tropical cyclones this year, according to Munich Re.
According to preliminary estimates, tropical cyclones in the Nort...

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]]> Perils cuts Cyclone Alfred loss estimate to US$1.25bn https://insuranceasianews.com/perils-cuts-cyclone-alfred-loss-estimate-to-us1-25bn/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:01:13 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=199857 Ex-Tropical Cyclone Afred struck Australia's Southeast Queensland and northeastern New South Wales in February and March, leaving over 300,000 homes and businesses without power.

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Zurich-based loss data specialist Perils has reduced its industry loss estimate for ex-Tropical Cyclone Afred to AU$1.92 billion (US$1.25 billion), down from its earlier assessments of AU$2.57 billion...

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]]> Vietnam braces for Typhoon Kajiki, but losses set to be less than Yagi https://insuranceasianews.com/vietnam-braces-for-typhoon-kajiki-but-losses-set-to-be-less-then-yagi/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:47:39 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=198242 PVI Insurance chairman Duong Thanh Danh says the typhoon is forecast to hit areas that are less industrialised than those affected by Typhoon Yagi last year.

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Typhoon Kajiki, which is set to make landfall on Monday in north-central Vietnam, is expected to result in limited insured losses, according to PVI Insurance chairman Duong Thanh Danh.
"Central Vietna...

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]]> Vietnamese (re)insurers brace for Typhoon Wipha, Hong Kong facing US$255m bill https://insuranceasianews.com/vietnamese-reinsurers-brace-for-typhoon-wipha-hong-kong-facing-us255m-bill/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:19:11 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=195681 Heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected across northern Vietnam, posing risks of flooding and damage, particularly in coastal areas.

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Vietnam's (re)insurance market is bracing itself for Typhoon Wipha, which is expected to make landfall on Tuesday, having battered Hong Kong and surrounding regions on Sunday.
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