Australia bushfires News
Australia’s Hailstorm Insured Losses Hit $352.5 Million
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared a catastrophe for damage caused by hailstorms that struck eastern Melbourne, the Australian Capital Territory and parts of New South Wales on ...
Australia’s Bushfire Risks Creating Its First Climate Refugees
Australian wildfires that have razed thousands of homes and blackened an area about the size of England may also create the nation's first climate refugees. That's the view of Michael Mann, ...
Claims Are Rising as Australia’s Bushfire Cleanup Process Begins
The New South Wales and Victorian state governments will coordinate the clean-up of insured and uninsured residential and commercial properties destroyed in the deadly wildfires. Under the plan, the ...
Australia Bushfires Have Scorched 25.5 Million Acres; PM Proposes Inquiry
After weeks of criticism over the handling of the bushfires scorching Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday he will propose a national review into the response to the disaster, as ...
Insurers, Analysts Worry Australia’s Bushfires Could Surpass 2009’s Costly Season
Australia's bushfire season has months to run and could easily surpass the most costly fire season, 2009's Black Saturday fires in Victoria, which had a price tag of an estimated A$4.4 billion (US$3 ...
Insurers Call for Greater Climate Change Action in Wake of Australia Fires
As the devastation from Australia's bushfires widens, the insurance industry is calling for concerted action to mitigate the impact of climate change. Months of out-of-control fires have burnt an ...