Insurance Council of Australia Historical Catastrophe Disaster List

* Important Note: This data is derived from the submissions of general insurance companies following large events incurring cost to the community and insurers. It does not represent the entire cost of the event, it is only an approximation of the insured loss based upon reported data. The final loss figure for an event can take many years to resolve. Events are only recorded where there is a potential for the insured loss to exceed $10mil. The adjusted values for each event are derived from a series of factors and should only be used as an estimation of the cost to carry out repairs should the same event have occurred in 2007.

Event	Catastrophe Number if Declared	Date dd/mm/yy	Location	State	Original Cost (Mil)	2007 Repeated Cost (Mil)*
WA Gas Supply Disruption	CAT 08/4		Western Australia	WA	Loss Ongoing	•
Wind Storm	CAT 08/3	20408	SA, TAS and VIC	SA, TAS and VIC	12	•
Flood Storm	CAT QLD 08/2	140208	Mackay Flooding	QLD	342	•
Flood Storms	CAT QLD 08/1	170108	Emerald Region	QLD	104	•
Flood Storm	CAT NSW 08/1	40108	Northern Rivers	NSW/QLD	15	•
Severe Hailstorms	CAT NSW 07/6	91207	Western Sydney, Blacktown	NSW	409	•
Severe Storms	CAT NSW 07/5	261007	Lismore Region	NSW	4	•
Hail Storm	CAT NSW 07/4	91007	Lismore Region	NSW/QLD	97	•
Severe Storm	CAT NSW 07/1	150107	Nyngan NSW	NSW	2	•
Severe Storm	CAT NSW 07/2	160107	Wagga Wagga NSW	NSW	4	•
Cyclone GEORGE & JACOB	Not available	XXX	George & Jacob - Pilbara WA	WA	8	•
Severe Storm	CAT NSW 07/3	080607-100607	Newcastle & Hunter Valley	NSW	1480	•
Severe Storm	CAT VIC 07/1	160607	Gippsland VIC	VIC	15	•
Bushfire	CAT VIC 06/1	20106	North, West and East VIC	VIC	22.4	•
Cyclone LARRY	CAT QLD 06/1	200306	Larry - North QLD	QLD	540	•
Storm	Not available	70806	Sth West WA	WA	5.2	•
Hail	CAT NSW 06/1	311006	Newcastle & Lower Hunter Valley	NSW	51	•
Bushfire	CAT VIC 06/1	1206	Widespread	VIC	14	•
Bushfire	CAT SA 05/1	110105	Eyre Peninsula,	SA	27.7	30
Hail, Storm	CAT VIC 05/1	20205	Eastern Seaboard,	NSW/TAS/VIC	216.7	238
Storm	CAT WA 05/1	160505	Bunbury, Sth Perth,	WA	53.2	60
Hail		190505	Brisbane,	QLD	17.6	20
Flood, Storm	CAT QLD 05/1	300605	SE	QLD	53.9	62
Flood, Storm	CAT NSW 05/2	300605	NE	NSW	25	29
Hail	CAT QLD 05/2	121005	Gold Coast	QLD	61	70
Flood, Storm	CAT NSW 05/3	61105	Broken Hill	NSW	4	4
Flood, Storm	CAT NSW 05/4	71105	Central West NSW	NSW	3	3
Hail	CAT QLD 04/1	240104	Brisbane, SE, SW,	QLD	28.5	35
Storm	Not available	290104	Melbourne,	VIC	18	22
Hail, Storm	CAT NSW 04/1