Hurricane Melissa Wreaks $8 Billion of Damage, Kills Dozens October 30, 2025 By Josh Saul, Lauren Rosenthal and Mary Hui The devastation from Hurricane Melissa came into focus after the record-setting storm moved past Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba with at...
Starr Acquiring IQUW; Starr Managing Agency to Be Among 10 Largest at Lloyd’s October 29, 2025 Starr, a global investment and insurance organization, announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire IQUW Group, a specialty...
Vietnam Logs Five Feet of Rain in One Day, Nearing World Record October 29, 2025 By Francesca Stevens Widespread flooding across central Vietnam killed at least nine people and damaged more than 100,000 homes in the tourist hubs...
Reinsurers Hold Bulk of Jamaica’s Property Exposures From Hurricane Melissa: Reports October 29, 2025 By L.S. Howard Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful category 5 storm – a record for the Caribbean island nation...
Hurricane Melissa Makes Cuba Landfall After Lashing Jamaica October 29, 2025 By Ben Westcott, Brian K. Sullivan and Lauren Rosenthal Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba less than a day after it became the strongest recorded storm to strike Jamaica,...
UN Sees World’s Emissions Falling 10% by 2035, Far Short of 60% Goal October 29, 2025 By Laura Millan and John Ainger Global emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases are expected to fall by about 10% by 2035, compared with 1990 levels, representing...
Generali, Natixis Owner Likely to Drop Asset Management Deal, Sources Say October 29, 2025 By Gianluca Semeraro, Valentina Za, Giuseppe Fonte and Mathieu Rosemain Italy’s biggest insurer Generali and French banking group BPCE are likely to abandon plans to merge their asset management businesses...
Europe’s Top Rights Court Rejects Climate Challenge Against Norway’s Oil October 29, 2025 By Nerijus Adomaitis The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favor of Norway’s government in a climate lawsuit brought by...
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Issues Climate Resilience Bond October 29, 2025 By Aaron Clark and Issei Hazama The Tokyo Metropolitan Government issued a €300 million (¥53 billion) bond Tuesday to boost flood defenses and other climate-related countermeasures....
Jamaica Catastrophe Bondholders Now Face Full-Trigger Event October 28, 2025 By Gautam Naik Investors in Jamaica’s catastrophe bond now face a full trigger event that would force payment of the entire $150 million...