The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has published revised premium rates for the Cyclone Reinsurance Pool (cyclone pool). The new premium rates (premium rates v4.0) will be effective from 1 April 2026 and will replace premium rates v3.0 (effective since 1 April 2025).
A new study paper CLIMATE CHANGE X CYBER: An Intertwining Risk by Guy Carpenter says climate change and cybersecurity individually are well-known global risks, but the potential intersection of these perils represents an emerging threat that must be understood and taken into consideration by organizations in their long-term business plan and risk management strategy.
The world's water resources face growing pressure from climate change while emergencies involving the life-giving resource are increasingly impacting lives and livelihoods according to the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
PICC Property & Casualty has released its "China Earthquake Casualty Catastrophe Model" at the 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services, part of efforts to strengthen the country's disaster-risk protection framework.
The increasing frequency of floods suggests they can no longer be viewed as a secondary risk, according to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) research assistant professor Xu Yanbin during the recent Singapore Actuarial Conference 2025. Dr Xu was speaking in collaboration with the Global Asia Insurance Partnership (GAIP).
Weather insurance for farmers can be classified into two broad categories, NTU associate professor Zhu Wenjun said at the recent Singapore Actuarial Conference 2025.
Geopolitical tensions, protectionist policies and shifting economics are reshaping global supply chains, raising costs, amplifying uncertainty and increasing the risk of long-term fragmentation, said Swiss Re.
Zurich-based catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has lowered its industry loss estimate for Cyclone Alfred to A$1.92bn ($1.2bn), down 14% from its second loss estimate of A$2.25bn issued in June 2025, three months after the event.
In Japan, across 11 cities, in the quarter century (1974 - 1998) the days of thunder and lightning were confirmed on an average 180 days annually. However, in the quarter century (1999 - 2023) the lightning incidences increased by 16.3% to 209 days per year according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun's analysis of the Japanese Meteorological Agency's 50 years of data released by Yonhap News agency.
A new study that analysed the severe heatwaves that occurred over the past quarter century has revealed that these could not have happened without human-caused climate change.