Climate Finance Takes Center Stage at COP28 Climate Talks December 4, 2023 By Simon Jessop, Maha El Dahan and Hadeel Al Sayegh Money pledges grabbed the spotlight again at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates turned their focus to the yawning...
Nigeria’s Worst Flood in Decade Caused Billions in Economic Damage December 1, 2023 By Ruth Olurounbi Nigerian floods last year that claimed hundreds of lives also caused up to $9 billion in damage, according to a...
P/C Insurers Face Challenging Claims Dynamics as Frequency, Severity Rise: Swiss Re November 28, 2023 By L.S. Howard The property/casualty insurance industry is confronting challenging claims dynamics, with rising frequency and severity of claims despite decreases in economic...
Hurricane Otis’ Insured Losses Estimated at $2.5B-$6B: Moody’s RMS, Verisk November 15, 2023 Moody’s RMS, the risk modeling and solutions company, estimates private market insured losses from Hurricane Otis to range between US$2.5...
Piercing Through Rain, Smoke and Fog: How Radar Satellites See Catastrophes November 14, 2023 By Stephen Lathrope and Andy Read Executive Summary: The potential for satellite technology to revolutionize claims management has long been recognized but has only recently been...
Insured Losses from Winter Storm Ciarán Range From €800M to €1.3B: Verisk November 9, 2023 Industry insured losses due to wind from Winter Storm Ciarán (also named Emir by the Free University of Berlin) will...
As Acapulco Rebuilds After Hurricane Otis, Other Mexico Resorts Urged to Heed Lessons November 6, 2023 By Cassandra Garrison and Dave Graham Hurricane Otis not only devastated Acapulco, but also exposed fatal weaknesses in aging infrastructure, teaching hard lessons that coastal cities...
Storm Ciarán Batters UK and Europe With Punishing Winds and Heavy Rainfall November 2, 2023 By Todd Gillespie, Katharina Rosskopf and Anna Shiryaevskaya Storm Ciarán plowed through northwest Europe, tearing the roofs off some buildings, snarling transport networks and cutting power to more...
Hurricane Otis’ Impact on Mexico Insurance Industry Expected to Be ‘Controlled’: Fitch November 2, 2023 Fitch Ratings expects Hurricane Otis’ effects on Mexico’s insurance industry to be controlled and within its current ratings expectations, the...
Western Europe Braces for Worst Storm of Season With Hurricane-Strength Wind Gusts October 31, 2023 By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Brian K. Sullivan Western Europe is bracing for the worst storm so far this season with hurricane-strength wind gusts and rain potentially disrupting...