Ocean Heat Threatens to Supercharge Storm Season in Europe August 19, 2026 By Laura Millan Rising temperatures in the ocean now have the potential to cause intense storms in Europe later this year, according to...
Climate Damage: The Next Hit to Europe’s Public Finances August 19, 2026 By Mark John and Yoruk Bahceli Someone will have to pick up the tab for the damage wrought by Europe’s increasingly volatile weather, and with the...
Europe’s Heatwaves Expose Insurance Gap as Business Losses Mount August 18, 2026 By Simon Jessop, Rebecca Delaney and Valentina Za For more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink,...
Markets/Coverages: AIG Starts Parametric Cloud Outage Solution August 14, 2026 American International Group (AIG) said it launched a new Parametric Cloud Outage Solution, providing clients an additional layer of cyber...
Coffee Trader Seeks to Shield More Vietnam Growers With its Specialty Weather Cover July 9, 2026 By Mary Hui Major coffee trader ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. is pushing for a fivefold increase in the number of growers covered by its...
Viewpoint: Why Speedy Payouts Matter in EU Plan to Close Insurance Protection Gap May 14, 2026 By Ross Sinclair Executive summary: With plans for an EU natural disaster insurance fund in the works, EIP’s founder and CEO Ross Sinclair...
France Probes Weather Data Tampering After Surge in Polymarket Bets April 23, 2026 By Joe Wertz France’s forecasting office flagged suspected tampering with weather sensors at the country’s largest airport and referred the case to police,...
How Niche Insurance Shielded Bad Bunny From Bad Weather April 20, 2026 By Joe Wertz and Mary Hui Bad Bunny had a problem. Days before the Puerto Rican mega-star was set to perform in Colombia earlier this year,...
Africa’s Biggest City Takes Out $7.5 Million Flood-Risk Policy March 30, 2026 By Yinka Ibukun Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, has secured a $7.5 million flood insurance policy so some of its poorest residents can access...
Markets/Coverages: Floodbase Expands Parametric Platform March 6, 2026 Parametric platform Floodbase said it has unveiled its Floodbase Quote API to enable insurers and MGAs to reduce manual quoting...