Australians bracing for a return of scorching heat and wildfires are instead battling a prolonged deluge of rain across the...
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Storm Henk, which battered Britain last week, caused around 150 million pounds ($190 million) in insured losses and damaged around...
Heavy rains and flooding across Australia’s southern state of Victoria has damaged crops and stranded cattle as a months-long run...
Natural catastrophes in 2023 caused global economic losses of US$250 billion, with insurers and reinsurers paying US$95 billion of that...
The earnings impact on the major domestic non-life insurers of claims from the Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake in Japan is...
The powerful earthquake that hit Japan’s western coast on New Year’s Day has underscored the country’s exposure to natural disasters,...
This year’s January reinsurance renewals were described by brokers as “stable,” “predictable,” “orderly,” “calmer,” “disciplined,” with “increased appetites” and a...
The death toll in the wake of the Jan. 1 earthquake off Japan’s northwest coast rose above 60 as the...
The largest non-US natural catastrophe in 2023 was the Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence in Turkey on Feb. 6, which generated an...
Climate change is making it harder to accurately predict extreme weather events, said Australia’s agriculture minister Murray Watt, amid criticism...