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The Insurance Council of Australia has increased its estimate for the insurance and reinsurance market loss resulting from the hailstorm event that struck south-east Queensland on October 31st 2020 to A$1.08 billion.

The Insurance Council of Australia has said that its estimate for the insurance and reinsurance market loss from the hailstorm event on October 31st 2020 that struck south-east Queensland is A$805 million.

The estimate for insurance and reinsurance market losses from the severe east coast low pressure storm that hit Australia at the beginning of February 2020, has been finalised with a rise of 3% at A$989 million by PERILS AG.

The insurance and reinsurance market loss from a hailstorm event in October 2020 that struck south-east Queensland, Australia has been raised 6% to A$1.3 billion by PERILS AG.

The insurance and reinsurance industry loss estimate for the severe hailstorms that struck the southeastern region of Australia in January 2020 has been raised by roughly 4% to almost AU $1.9 billion.

A number of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds invested into collateralised reinsurance positions that are exposed to catastrophe events in Australia have reported negative performance for November on the back of reserving for hail storms and severe weather, we understand.

The insurance and reinsurance market loss from the October 2020 south-east Queensland, Australia hailstorm event has been preliminarily estimated at A$1.231 billion by PERILS AG.

The first catastrophe of the 2020-21 season has been declared in Australia by its Insurance Council, after large hail of up to tennis ball size hit south-east Queensland damaging cars and homes.

Insurance and reinsurance industry losses from the spate of catastrophe events that impacted Australia through its summer months in 2019/20 are now estimated to have reached A$5.4 billion, according to the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).

The estimate of insurance and reinsurance market losses from a severe east coast low pressure storm that struck Australia at the beginning of February, has risen some 21% at the second reporting to A$958 million, according to PERILS AG.