Insured Losses Could Hit $145B in 2025, Driven by Rising Claims From Secondary Perils April 30, 2025 By L.S. Howard Global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit US$137 billion in 2024, following the 5%-7% annual growth rate that has been...
Severe Storms Batter Greek Islands, With Crete Hit Hardest April 3, 2025 Severe storms battered islands in Greece for a second day on Tuesday [April 1], with Crete experiencing the heaviest rainfall....
Spain’s Storms Refill Reservoirs, Easing Nation’s Worst Drought March 25, 2025 By Laura Millan Jana, Konrad, Laurence and Martinho — the unprecedented string of four named storms that barreled through the Iberian peninsula in...
Valencia Floods Prompt Race for Funds to Boost Spain’s Climate Resilience February 7, 2025 By Corina Pons and Pietro Lombardi Spain is seeking European approval to repurpose more than a billion euros of post-pandemic recovery funds to make Valencia more...
Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Hit $140B as Climate Change ‘Shows Its Claws’ January 9, 2025 By L.S. Howard Insurers saw the third most expensive year for natural catastrophe losses in 2024 – reaching a total of US$140 billion...
Catastrophe Bonds See Investor Influx After ‘Fantastic’ Run December 10, 2024 By Gautam Naik After emerging from an unusually active hurricane season with market-beating returns, catastrophe bonds are rapidly adding investors. Despite the increase...
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...
South Africa Declares National Disaster After Floods, Storms November 13, 2024 By Rene Vollgraaff South Africa declared a national disaster after floods and storms caused widespread damage in the country, allowing the government to...