Lloyds have released new figures revealing that Australia 's top six cities have circa . $ 81.06bn of GDP at risk from man - made disasters . Whilst natural disasters generally take up the bulk of the risk concerns in cities , Lloyds wants to highlight that man - made disasters , such as a human pandemic , solar storms or cyber disasters , are emerging fast and cannot be seriously affected by governments and communities , as well as insurance and reinsurance companies .
Lloyds have released new research revealing that Australia's top six cities have circa. $81.06bn of GDP at risk from man-made disasters. Whilst natural disasters generally take up the bulk of the risk concerns in Australia, Lloyds wants to highlight that man-made disasters, such as a human pandemic, solar storms or cyber attacks, are emerging fast and should be seriously considered by governments and communities, as well as insurance and reinsurance companies.