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NewsCalifornia floods highlight need for “robust private market” - AM Best
Many homes covered by the NFIP would benefit from an excess policy above the NFIP coverage limit
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Shirel Stedman joins board of Flood Re
It is a ‘critical time’ for flood risk with climate change on the rise and Flood Re due to exit the market in just 16 years
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Fema cuts NFIP reinsurance programme for 2023
Its reinsurance placement has halved to $500m, amid hardening rates and diminishing capacity
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Eastern Australia floods top 2022 ex-US cat losses for insurers
The floods cost insurers $4.7 billion, while European winter storms generated $4.2 billion in claims - CRESTA
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Baden Baden: Litigation could significantly inflate Ian loss - Verisk
Loss creep on Hurricane Ian claims are likely as inflation and social inflation drive up costs, thinks Yörn Tatge
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Flood Re’s resilience scheme offers substantial dividend - JBA
The take up of Property Flood Resilience could have a major impact on projected flood losses in the UK
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RIMS calls for long-term extension of NFIP
As Florida reels from Hurricane Ian, the US flood insurance program receives a brief reprieve
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Total economic damage from Ian to breach $100 billion, says KCC
Cat modeller predicts high proportion of litigated claims due to ‘tremendous amount’ of coastal flooding
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Hurricane Ian barrels across the Florida peninsula
Two million people are without power after the 5th most powerful storm in US history slammed into the southwest Florida coast
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IAG renews aggregate reinsurance program
It comes as the claims tally from floods in Sydney reaches 8,415, with numbers expected to grow substantially
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Suncorp reveals reinsurance program changes as it braces for further flood claims
The Australian cedant’s natural hazard allowance is expected to increase to $1.2 billion, reflecting losses to date
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Thousands evacuate as Sydney floods
Over 30,000 people have been impaced as heavy rain and flooding continues to impact New South Wales
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U.S. rolls out first update to flood insurance pricing in 50 years
The agency said that, over the coming year, it will phase in a price-setting method that marks an epochal shift in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which was set up in 1968 to cover property in flood-prone areas.
