Disaster Insurance Set to Test Italy’s Business Backbone in 2025 December 16, 2024 By Alberto Chiumento and Andrea Mandala Italian companies are preparing to comply with a requirement to take out natural disaster insurance from next April, although some...
Climate Change ‘Supercharged’ Philippines’ Typhoon Season, Study Finds December 16, 2024 By Mary Hui A warming climate fueled the blitz of six powerful storms that hit the Philippines within a matter of weeks this...
UK Issues Red Warning as Storm Darragh Brings Hurricane-Strength Winds December 6, 2024 By William Mathis and Eamon Akil Farhat Storm Darragh has triggered a red weather warning for the west coast of Wales and the Bristol Channel on Saturday,...
Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Top US$100B for 5th Consecutive Year: Swiss Re December 6, 2024 By L.S. Howard Estimated insured losses from natural catastrophes are on track to surpass US$100 billion in 2024 – for the fifth consecutive...
Italy to Require Companies Buy Insurance for Climate Risks December 3, 2024 By Gautam Naik Starting Jan. 1, every company in Italy must buy insurance to protect its assets from floods, landslides and other natural...
Bank of Spain Estimates Floods Cost 0.2% of GDP in 4th Quarter November 20, 2024 By Jesús Aguado Last month’s catastrophic floods in eastern Spain are likely to have a negative impact of 0.2 percentage points on the...
Flood Adaptation Preferable to Post-Disaster Rebuilding – And Helps With Insurability November 19, 2024 By L.S. Howard Economic losses caused by natural catastrophes reached an estimated US$280 billion in 2023, with US$51.6 billion of that total due...
Spain’s Record-Breaking Floods Push Insured Losses Above €4 Billion ($4.2 Billion) November 18, 2024 Total insured losses from recent floods in Spain are expected to exceed €4 billion (US$4.2 billion), according to credit rating...
Super Typhoon Man-yi Lashes Philippines’ Main Island November 18, 2024 By Andreo Calonzo Super Typhoon Man-yi battered parts of the Philippines with powerful winds and intense rains as it made its way across...
Typhoon Usagi Hits Philippines, Set to Track Toward Taiwan November 14, 2024 By Mary Hui Typhoon Usagi struck the northern Philippines on Thursday afternoon, the fifth powerful storm to impact the country in three weeks,...