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Insured losses from Japan’s Typhoon Jebi may reach $4.5 billion: AIR Worldwide

10th September 2018

Typhoon Jebi, which made landfall in Japan on September 4, could cause industry insured losses of between JPY 257 billion (US $2.3 billion) and JPY 502 billion ($4.5 billion), according to estimates from AIR Worldwide, the catastrophe risk modelling arm of Verisk Analytics. As the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane, ... Read the full article

Typhoon Maria drives economic losses of at least $432mn in China: Impact Forecasting

13th July 2018

Typhoon Maria has caused at least US $432 million in economic damages, primarily in the Fujian province of China, after making landfall as a Category 2 storm on July 11, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon’s catastrophe risk modeller. After reaching typhoon status on July 5, Maria tracked across the Western Pacific, ... Read the full article

Peak Re predicts normal typhoon season for China after fears of El Nino disperse

1st August 2017

Hong Kong based Peak Re, in collaboration with the Shanghai Typhoon Institute, has predicted a normal level of China's tropical cyclone activity for the second half of 2017 in its first seasonal forecast for China's typhoon risk after initial fears of an El Nino event forming dispersed. About half of the predicted ... Read the full article