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Mar 4 2024 // After a year of deadly wildfires around the globe, the world is burning again from Texas to Australia — and in some regions, the blazes are igniting early.Canada’s Alberta province said last month that wildfire...
Dec 18 2023 // A key tourism area in Australia’s far north has been inundated with life-threatening flooding after days of torrential rainfall in the wake of a tropical cyclone.Major flood and strong wind warnings have been issued...
Jul 30 2024 // Australia’s plans to introduce stringent rules on climate disclosures are driving up concerns among businesses about compliance in one of the world’s biggest per-capita emitters.More than 6,000 companies...
Sep 16 2024 // Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday [Sept. 13] called Australia’s center-left government “fascists” over proposed legislation to slap fines on social media firms for failing to prevent...
Apr 23 2024 // Elon Musk lashed out at Australia’s prime minister on Tuesday after a court ordered his social media company X take down footage of an alleged terrorist attack in Sydney, and said the ruling meant any country could...
Oct 23 2024 // Australia’s corporate regulator is taking QBE to court, alleging that the country’s biggest insurer by gross written premiums misled more than half a million customers about discounts on various products during...
May 8 2024 // Ardonagh Group, the London-based independent insurance distribution platform, announced it has agreed to acquire Australia’s PSC Insurance Group Ltd., in a deal valued at A$2.3 billion (US$1.5 billion).PSC is a...
Dec 11 2023 // Australia’s far north coast is bracing for a cyclone that’s expected to bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall and potential flooding to an important tourism region.Tropical Cyclone Jasper, currently a category 1...
Aug 26 2024 // Home insurance is becoming unaffordable for a growing number of Australian households as increased climate threats drive up their premiums, potentially putting billions of dollars in mortgage loans at risk, a report said...
Jan 9 2024 // Heavy rains and flooding across Australia’s southern state of Victoria has damaged crops and stranded cattle as a months-long run of wild weather on the nation’s east coast leaves a trail of destruction.Severe...
Aug 9 2024 // Australia’s QBE Insurance Group on Friday reported a more than twofold jump in its first-half profit, boosted by higher income from premiums, but missed analysts’ view, sending its shares to over a six months...
Dec 27 2023 // Nine people have died in Australia after severe storms lashed the nation’s east coast on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning there is a risk of more flash flooding even as the weather...
Jan 12 2024 // Australians bracing for a return of scorching heat and wildfires are instead battling a prolonged deluge of rain across the country’s east that’s inundated homes and damaged crops from sugar to wheat.Vast areas...
May 7 2024 // Australia’s Qantas Airways agreed to pay A$120 million ($79 million) to settle a regulator lawsuit over the sale of thousands of tickets on already canceled flights, in an attempt to end a reputational crisis that...
Mar 12 2024 // Australia’s worsening climate change may see insurance companies and banks withdraw their services from communities vulnerable to extreme events, potentially triggering “cascading effects” across the...
Jul 18 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Re and H.W. Kaufman Group London.A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Mutual Re Taps Aon’s De La Mare to Lead...
Apr 16 2024 // An El Niño weather event has ended, Australian weather authorities said on Tuesday, adding that they were uncertain if a La Niña phenomenon would form later this year, as other forecasters have predicted.The cycle...
Feb 15 2024 // Powerful winds have killed a man and brought widespread destruction across Australia’s second-most populous state, leaving 530,000 homes and businesses without power and fanning fires that razed homes and injured...
Mar 18 2024 // Uber agreed to pay A$271.8 million ($178 million) to compensate thousands of taxi drivers in Australia who claimed they lost income when the ride-share company entered the local market.Uber Technologies Inc. settled the...
Oct 15 2024 // The likelihood of a La Niña weather event in coming months has decreased, Australia’s weather bureau said on Tuesday, adding that if the phenomenon did appear, it would be weak and short-lived.The development of La...