Worst Taiwan Quake in 25 Years Kills at Least 9, With Hundreds Injured April 3, 2024 By Betty Hou, Chien-Hua Wan and Debby Wu Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century leveled dozens of buildings on the eastern side of the island, killing at...
Tropical Cyclone Makes Landfall in Northern Madagascar, Killing 18 People April 1, 2024 ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A tropical cyclone that swept across Madagascar has killed 18 people and left four missing after...
The New Norm? Global Insured Losses for Nat Cats Keep Breaking Records: Swiss Re March 26, 2024 By L.S. Howard Global insured losses from natural catastrophes in 2023 totaled $108 billion, exceeding US$100 billion for the fourth consecutive year –...
Climate Change Speeds Up as Major Indicators Blow Off the Charts, WMO Warns March 20, 2024 By Laura Millan All the major indicators of climate change smashed historic records last year, with some rising so steeply that the United...
Europe Faces 3C of Global Warming. Here’s How It Plans to Cope. March 8, 2024 By John Ainger Europe will be 3C hotter even if the world succeeds in limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, bringing...
Infernos Rage From Texas to Australia as Wildfire Season Kicks Off Early March 4, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan, Jessica Nix and David Stringer After a year of deadly wildfires around the globe, the world is burning again from Texas to Australia — and...
US, Philippines Pay Highest Economic Price for Climate-Fueled Weather February 28, 2024 By Leslie Kaufman The United States and the Philippines are the countries hit hardest by climate-driven extreme weather, measured as a percentage of...
Australian Iron Ore Port Starts Clearing Ships Ahead of Cyclone February 22, 2024 By Ben Sharples A major port on Australia’s west coast used by Rio Tinto Group to export iron ore has started clearing ships...
What’s to Come in 2024: AI Expansion, More Catastrophes, Network Consolidation February 13, 2024 By Andrea Wells No one can predict the future, but insurance professionals are likely the best qualified when it comes to predicting risk....
Category 6? As Warming Stokes Storms, Some Want a Bigger Hurricane Category February 7, 2024 By Seth Borenstein A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a...