Beijing Faces More Torrential Rainfall Days After Deadly Floods August 4, 2025 By Mary Hui Beijing is getting drenched by another round of heavy rain, one week after torrential downpours across parts of the Chinese...
Huge Quake Rocks Russia’s Far East, Triggering Tsunami Warnings Around Pacific July 30, 2025 A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Wednesday triggered tsunami warnings as far away...
H1 Natural Disasters Had Insured Price Tag of $80B – Driven by US Claims: Munich Re July 29, 2025 By L.S. Howard Natural disasters across the globe cost insurers US$80 billion during the first half of 2025, up from $64 billion in...
Hong Kong Shuts Down for Second Time in a Week Due to Heavy Rain July 29, 2025 By Richard Frost Hong Kong issued its highest rainstorm warning, effectively closing down the city, just over a week after a typhoon downed...
Philippines Braces for Heavy Rain After Six People Killed July 22, 2025 By Neil Jerome Morales and Ditas Lopez Philippine authorities suspended government work and classes in the capital region and dozens of provinces for a third day on...
Insurance Supervisors’ Group Seeks Collaboration to Cover Disaster Losses July 17, 2025 By Erica Yokoyama Collaboration between the public and private sectors, beyond just insurance, is essential to narrowing the so-called protection gap, as losses...
First-Half 2025 Insured Losses From Natural Cats Hit $100B, Driven by US Events July 16, 2025 By L.S. Howard Global insured losses during the first half of this year were at least $100 billion with more than 90% of...
Insured Losses From US Hurricanes Could Rise by 50% With Global Warming July 15, 2025 Insured losses from U.S. hurricanes could rise by nearly 50% under a 2°C (3.6°F) global warming scenario, according to MS...
Firefighters Battle Major Wildfire on Greek Island of Chios, With Evacuations Ordered June 24, 2025 Greek authorities sent new evacuation notifications for two areas near the main town of the eastern Aegean island of Chios...
Update: Hurricane Erick Weakens Over Mexico, Leaving Trail of Damage in its Wake June 19, 2025 By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Jose Cortes Hurricane Erick weakened after slamming into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a major hurricane on Thursday, leaving a trail of...