SPECIAL REPORT: Extreme Weather Batters Insurance Industry February 9, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz In Chester County, South Carolina, off a dirt road in the middle of a field, insurance companies are literally unleashing...
Wild Weather Could Push Miners to Heed Insurers’ Warnings; Reassess Risks February 8, 2011 By James Reagan and David Fogarty A surge in weather-related disasters in Australia could push global mining firms to overhaul supply contracts and rethink how bad...
Aon Benfield Monthly Cat Report Highlights Australian Floods, Brazil Landslides February 4, 2011 Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., has released the latest edition of its Monthly...
Australian Natural Disasters Spark Renewed Call Action on Climate Change February 4, 2011 An architect of Australia’s stalled climate change policy has linked the nation’s recent natural disasters with global warming and called...
Flood-ravaged Queensland Braces for Tropical Cyclone Yasi February 1, 2011 Just as TC Anthony dissipated over Queensland the flood ravaged State received a warning that another tropical cyclone is heading...
Insurance Council of Australia Takes New Initiatives in Wake of Floods January 28, 2011 The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has reacted quickly to the disastrous flooding in the State of Queensland earlier this...
Australia Imposes New Tax to Fund Flood Recovery January 27, 2011 By Jonathan Thatcher Australia’s minority Labor government imposed a reconstruction tax and cut environmental spending on Thursday to help fund the recovery from...
North Dakota Residents Urged to Prepare for Red River Floods January 26, 2011 By Dave Kolpack Fargo officials told residents this week that they need to start preparing soon for what’s expected to be a third...
Judge Rules Barge Did Not Cause Katrina Flooding in New Orleans January 25, 2011 A federal judge has ruled that a barge that landed on top of several homes in the Lower 9th Ward...
Australian Flood Crisis Could Continue for 10 More Days January 24, 2011 By Rohan Sullivan A vast lake created by floodwaters will spread across southeastern Australia and threaten rural towns in its path for up...