UK Warned Cuts to Flood Defense Are Too Dangerous to Consider April 30, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard The UK should spare flood defense programs from budget cuts to be announced in June, as the country is already...
Insurers Pay Record Claims for Weather-Related Damage in UK: ABI February 11, 2025 Insurers paid out a record £585 million (US$724.7 million) for weather-related damage to people’s homes and possessions in 2024 in...
UK Commits £2.65 Billion to Tackle Rising Flood Risk February 5, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard The UK will spend £2.65 billion ($3.31 billion) on flood defenses to protect homes from the growing risks posed by...
UK Will Fail to Meet Flood-Defense Goals for Homes as Climate Threat Grows November 15, 2023 By Jessica Shankleman Hundreds of thousands of British homes will miss out on flood protections in the next few years as spending has...
UK’s Flood Re Launches Scheme to Help Homowners Raise Resilience Against Floods April 18, 2022 Flood Re, the joint initiative between the UK insurance industry and the UK government to promote the availability and affordability...
UK Plans to Spend $6.6 Billion on Building Flood Defenses Through 2027 July 14, 2020 By Alex Morales Prime Minister Boris Johnson proposed 5.2 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) of spending on flood defenses through 2027 as his government...
Coastal Damages from Climate Change Could Cost U.K. Economy Billions by 2050: WWF November 27, 2019 By Jill Ward The U.K. economy could face hits of more than 12 billion pounds ($15.4 billion) a year by 2050 from coastal...
ABI Welcomes UK Government’s $3.6 Billion Flood Defense Plan December 2, 2014 The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has commended the UK government’s adoption of plans to tackle flooding announced today, which...