The insurance giant said natural hazard claims have topped its allowance after 18 major weather events, but its core insurance business remains on track.
Ryan Johnson
Venezuela's earthquake response was panned as slow and disorganised, but leader Delcy Rodriguez insists authorities acted quickly and are doing all they can.
Julia Symmes Cobb, Mayela Armas and Alberto Fajardo
At least 59 people have been killed since the start of the wet season in Ivory Coast, the government says.
Staff Writers
The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 2295 with tens of thousands reported missing.
Julia Symmes Cobb and Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
Lethal earthquakes have mobilised a South American country's small diaspora community in Australia as they try to pitch in despite the distance.
Farid Farid
The death toll in Venezuela is heading towards 2000 after two earthquakes but officials are preparing for a much worse scenario - by ordering 10,000 body bags.
Andrea Sosa Cabrios and Laura Almanza
As the death toll from the Venezuela earthquakes rises to more than 1700, anger is mounting over a lack of government aid and a co-ordinated response.
Mayela Armas and Vivian Sequera
A 4.6-magnitude aftershock has hit Venezuela as rescue crews continue their search for survivors days after twin earthquakes devastated the capital.
More than 1600 foreign rescuers have arrived in Venezuela to join the race against time to find survivors after two massive earthquakes hit the country.
Vivian Sequera
A magnitude 6 quake has rattled parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, seismologists say.
The death toll from Venezeula twin earthquakes is nearing 1000 with hundreds of people still trapped, according to government estimates.
Vivian Sequera and Mayela Armas
The deaths from Venezuela's devastating earthquakes have soared to 589 with 2980 injured as rescue efforts continue in the ruins for thousands still missing.
Vivian Sequera, Mayela Armas and Tibisay Romero
Residents rushed to evacuate as the magnitude 7.1 quake shook buildings.
A sand miner has suffered burns to 80 per cent of his body after he was struck by superheated volcanic material from a Mount Semeru eruption in Indonesia.
Updated flood maps for two local government areas have revealed how many homes will be at risk of flooding should they face future significant rainfall events.
William Ton
A strong earthquake has struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island and damaged several buildings, officials say.
Alarm bells are ringing among insurers and climate experts who say barely one-third of Aussies are prepared for bushfire season.
Jack Nivison
An urgent health warning has been issued after a traveller died from a mosquito-borne disease in Australia.
Emma Kirk
The strongest earthquake to hit the Philippines in 50 years has left a trail of destruction, killing at least 45 people and displacing more than 32,000.
JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN
Home insurance terms are set for an overhaul, but a fight is brewing over who writes the definitions.
Two people have been pulled alive from rubble in the Philippines as rescuers scramble to find survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 37 people.
Adrian Portugal and Jay Ereno
Terrifying footage has emerged of the moment an enormous 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines, with building seen collapsing as terrified locals run for their lives.
Max Corstorphan
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has hit the southern Philippines, killing at least 32 people, damaging buildings and sparking tsunami alerts.
Jim Gomez
Millions of Aussies are being warned to brace for days of wild weather with blizzards, damaging winds, and “abnormally” high tides.
Samina Rakhshani
