A huge clean-up operation is under way in the Australian state of Queensland after a powerful cyclone swept through the...
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JLT Re, the London-based reinsurance broker and consultancy, has combined forces with flood modeling company, KatRisk, to enhance its flood...

Insurers face claims of more than US$1.0 billion as a result of severe weather events in the U.S. and Australia...
Specialist insurer Hiscox has appointed Shree Khare as group head of Catastrophe Research. Khare will lead the research that directly...
RMS, the the Newark, Calif.-based catastrophe risk management firm, has received approval from the Colombian insurance regulator, Superintendencia Financiera de...
An M6.5 earthquake jolted the northernmost area of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Dec. 7 at 5:03 a.m. local time, with nearly...
RMS and a group of actuarial societies each rolled out new products designed to respectively help measure risks related to...
New Zealand was rocked by a powerful earthquake early Monday that killed two people and caused extensive damage to roads...
The two powerful earthquakes that hit central Italy on Oct. 26 are considered aftershocks of the deadly Aug. 24, M6.2...
Typhoon Haima made landfall in China after it brushed past Hong Kong, forcing the city’s stock exchange to cancel trading...