AUD reinsurance flows to have limited impact – ANZ

According to analysts at ANZ, the scale of the natural devastation in Australia through this bushfire season is unimaginable and the fire season is not yet over.

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“Early assessments suggest the damage to physical capital, as a share of GDP-producing capital, will not be large enough to have an reinsurance flow impact on the AUD.”

“Current insurance costs are 700m (ICA Media Release, 7 Jan 2020), with expectations that this could rise further. Even if insurance costs were substantially higher than that estimate, the total would be around 1% of GDP.”

“Should the fires end up impacting the AUD, it is more likely to be through its impact on the economy.”