Insurers have paid AUS$1 billion in claims related to Cyclone Debbie, with more than 85% of claims now closed, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) reported on Monday. Cyclone Debbie now ranks as the second-most expensive cyclone in Australian history,…
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) cited the Canadian government’s budget commitment to create a Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund in a recommendation to its own federal government to treat the construction of mitigation infrastructure to protect flood-prone towns as…