New Zealand's insurance sector is calling on all political parties to replace the current Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) levy with a simpler Community Protection Levy, redirecting funding into reducing natural hazard risk before disasters strike while moving FENZ to sustainable Crown funding.
Climatic conditions this year suggest that conditions are conducive to the formation of typhoons in the Northwest Pacific, which are more likely to hit Japan, the Greater China region or South Korea.
Heavy rain and flooding have struck multiple regions in China since 15 May, with frequent heavy rain, torrential rain, and even extremely heavy rain.
SEADRIF Insurance Company and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched an anticipatory drought insurance pilot in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). This marks the first time a Southeast Asian government has secured pre-arranged financing designed to activate ahead of drought impacts.
New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has released its 2026 Climate-related Disclosures Insights Report, noting encouraging progress in reporting practices and a growing maturity across climate reporting entities (CREs), alongside areas for improvement to support more informed decision-making.
Property insurer FM has launched the FM Worldwide Hail Hazard Map, a new global resource designed to help organisations better understand, quantify and reduce exposure to the growing threat of hail damage.
Losses from extreme weather are no longer confined to isolated assets or sectors but increasingly emerge through shared systems - including infrastructure, supply chains, insurance markets and public services - on which all economic actors depend, according to a new report produced by Carbon Disclosure Project.
A new study has identified more than 250 priority climate adaptation and resilience solutions for Asia, grounded in the region's unique climate risks, hazards, and priorities, and between 2021 and 2025, climate adaptation and disaster resilience financing received over $100bn.
The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) has released its latest premium assessment, confirming the Cyclone Reinsurance Pool is continuing to improve insurance affordability and availability in Australia's highest cyclone risk regions.
Four of the eight countries in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region experienced more than 10 major disasters in 2025, according to data released by the Nepal based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).