BNPB data to midnight on Sunday also records 101 people injured, more than 5,000 displaced, and damage to 93 education facilities, 36 health facilities and 38 government offices.
Premium pressure in Australia Pacific contrasted with double-digit growth in QBE's International division, although lower catastrophe losses helped keep underwriting margins stable.
Ahead of landfall, the insurer sent 48.99 million warnings through its Eagle Eye platform, inspected 2,458 flood-prone sites and helped move more than 2,770 vehicles out of harm's way.
Reinsurance and cat bond cover will limit the earnings hit, but the agency said semiconductor-driven industry clusters could push net losses above 2016's.
Life & Health reinsurance business emerged as an increasingly important earnings driver in the first half, as the group posted higher profits and appointed a new division chief.
