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オーストラリア保険グループ(IAG)のニュージーランド支社によると、暴風雨関連の保険金請求が256%急増した。

-- インシュランス・オーストラリア・グループ(ASX:IAG)傘下のIAGニュージーランドは火曜日、2025年秋から2026年夏にかけて発生した46回の暴風雨により、33,174件の気象関連保険金請求を受けたと発表した。 これは、前年同期の29回の暴風雨による9,324件の請求と比較して256%の増加であり、約8日に1回の頻度で暴風雨が発生している計算になる。 「端的に言えば、当社のデータは、暴風雨の発生頻度と強度が上昇していることを示しています」と、IAGニュージーランドのAMI、State、NZIの各保険ブランドを統括するフィル・ギブソンCEOは述べた。同氏は、過去15年間で見ると、国内の一部地域は通常19日に1回の頻度で暴風雨の影響を受けると指摘した。 2025年10月にサウスランドを襲った暴風雨では5,289件の保険金請求があり、2026年2月にウェリントンを襲った暴風雨では3,354件、2025年4月にオークランドを襲った元熱帯低気圧タムでは3,281件の保険金請求があり、過去12か月間の保険金請求件数で上位3位に入った。

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