Market Report, "Reinsurance in Australia, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2018", Published
Australia is prone to natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes, bushfires and storms. With such an increase in catastrophic events, Australia recorded an increased reinsurance rates ranging from 50-75% during 2011 and 2012. There were eight natural disasters in 2010, of which five were floods, a tropical cyclone and two major storms. The Queensland flood was the worst of these, which occurred in December 2010. The total reinsurance accepted recorded a review-period compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7%....
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