Climate Forecast for 2020s Is Warmer, Stormier and More Extreme: Opinion December 31, 2019 By Faye Flam, Bloomberg Opinion Over the last decade, scientists learned a great deal about the climate, much of it concerning the connection between global...
Torrential Rain Causes Flooding, Mudslides in Japan, Killing at Least 10 October 28, 2019 By Mari Yamaguchi Torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides in towns east of Tokyo left at least 10 people dead and added...
Insured Losses from Japan’s Typhoon Hagibis Estimated at $8B-$16B: AIR October 22, 2019 Insured losses from Typhoon Hagibis, which made landfall in Japan on Oct. 12, will be between 865 billion Japanese yen...
Re/insurers Rethink Climate Change Risks as Losses Grow from Wildfires, Floods, Hail September 20, 2019 By Lena Masri By the time David Kaisel got back from selling his flour at a farmers’ market, a wildfire in California’s Capay...
Property Loss Estimate for Australia’s Townsville Floods Rises to A$1.22B: PERILS August 12, 2019 The property insurance market loss from the Australia’s Townsville floods, which affected northern Queensland, Australia, between Jan. 26 and Feb....
Global Floods Cause $8B in Economic Losses During March: Aon Catastrophe Report April 10, 2019 Damage from flooding in March 2019 is estimated at US$8 billion from events across the globe, according to Aon’s “Global...
Floods, Earthquake Pummel Indonesia, Killing More Than 80 March 19, 2019 By Jeffrey Pattirajawane The number of people killed after torrential downpours triggered flash floods and mudslides that tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia’s...
Insured Property Loss for Northern Australia Floods Estimated at A$957M: PERILS March 18, 2019 Initial insured property losses for floods that recently affected northern Queensland, Australia, and in particular the city of Townsville, are...
Australia Floods Cost Insurers US$635M in February: Aon’s Catastrophe Recap March 8, 2019 Australia’s Northern Queensland experienced widespread flooding from Jan. 26 to Feb. 7, which cost insurers more than A$893 million (US$635...
January’s U.S. Storms, Australia Floods Bring Economic Damages Near $2B: Aon February 11, 2019 Multiple winter storms and extreme cold led to 45 deaths and cost the U.S. economy $1 billion during January, according...