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Wildfires and Floods Caused Billion-Dollar Economic Loss in Asia Pacific in the first quarter of 2025: Aon Report

  • Q1 data follows $74B economic loss in Asia Pacific from natural disasters in 2024
  • Earthquake in Myanmar estimated to be the costliest event of the year so far, with only a fraction insured

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 14 May 2025 - Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, published Asia Pacific (APAC) insights from its Q1 Global Catastrophe Recap – April 2025, which analyzes the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during the first quarter of 2025.

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