Flood Re to Cut Insurance Payouts to Richest UK Households July 2, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard The UK’s flood insurer of last resort is unfairly favoring wealthier households and will be reformed to reduce the burden...
London Faces Huge Financial Cost Because of Extreme Heat June 25, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard and Alastair Marsh London’s efforts to deal with rising temperatures come at a considerable financial cost that will require the city to turn...
Britain’s Garden Habits Are Making Their Homes Harder to Insure June 10, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard As the UK moves from a record-hot May into an unseasonably wet June, the risk of flooding is being exacerbated...
UK Warned of Housing Market Risks as Flood Re’s Future Unclear May 20, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard The UK government must provide clarity on the future of Flood Re or risk seeing its failure to do so...
England Has 1.2 Million Buildings at Risk of Flooding With No Defenses April 15, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard A new study has found that 1.2 million buildings at risk of flooding in England currently aren’t included in any...
Rich Britons Reap Biggest Benefits From UK State Flood Program March 26, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard, Alastair Marsh and Gautam Naik It’s not how the program was supposed to work. But thanks to a legal anachronism, Britain’s state-backed plan intended to...
UK Banks Slammed by Flood Re’s CEO for ‘Ignoring’ Mortgage Risks March 9, 2026 By Alastair Marsh and Olivia Rudgard The UK’s flood insurer of last resort says the country’s mortgage banks aren’t doing enough to prepare for the risks...
UK Floods Raise Specter of ‘Mortgage Prisoners’ for Banks February 19, 2026 By Alastair Marsh and Olivia Rudgard As the prospect of flood damage haunts an ever larger number of UK homes, the country’s banks are under growing...
Viewpoint: East London Faces Risks of Extreme Flooding – But Resilience Can Be Built February 13, 2026 By Ravindra Jayaratne and Maciej Pawlik More than 1,000 properties flooded in London in 2021, resulting in insurance losses of more than £281 million. Record-breaking floods...
UK Should Go for Bolder Revamp of Rules in Financial Services Sector, Lady Mayor Says December 8, 2025 By Leonard Kehnscherper and Francine Lacqua The UK should get bolder with overhauling rules to encourage more risk-taking in the financial services sector, according to the...