Insurers Receive 1,011 claims for bushfire losses totaling $138 million
As of October 25, insurers in Australia have received 1,011 claims, with the losses caused by October bushfires estimated at $138 million, said the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
“While claims lodgements have stabilised over the past couple of days, we expect these to begin climbing again as returning residents assess any property damage,” said ICA CEO Rob Whelan.
An aerial photo of some of the hundreds of NSW homes destroyed in the October bushfires.
Meantime, Australia’s new Prime Minister Abbott, talking through his hat, has dismissed any link between climate change and the NSW bushfires as “complete hogwash.”
Long-time readers of this blog may recall that FIRE-EARTH climate-related models forecast the extent of damage caused by Victoria’s February 2009 bushfires with great accuracy.
Related Links
- Costs of Back-to-back Disasters in Australia Continue to Mount October 22, 2013
- Back-to-Back Disasters Could Hit Australia: FIRE-EARTH Forecast (2011)
- More Australian Coal, Anyone? Posted on January 31, 2011
- State of Emergency Declared in NSW amid Firestorm October 20, 2013
- Australia Declares Emergency as NSW Bushfires Destroy “Hundreds of Homes” October 17, 2013
- Thousands Evacuated due to Bushfires in NSW September 10, 2013
- Australia: Entombed by a ‘dome of heat’ January 8, 2013
- Australia’s Runaway Bushfires Threaten Lives and Property
- Back-to-Back Disasters Could Hit Australia: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
- Australia on Fire: Tasmania Burning
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