After Hedge Fund Interest, UK’s Flood Re Plans More Cat Bonds February 27, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard and Alastair Marsh Britain’s ultimate backstop against flood-related losses is planning to rely more on the capital markets, after its first ever catastrophe...
How the UK Is Keeping Flood Insurance Affordable – Until 2039 February 20, 2026 By Meilan Yan, Dalu Zhang and Neil Gunn While floods are becoming more frequent in recent years, you should still be able to buy reasonably priced home insurance....
UK Floods Raise Specter of ‘Mortgage Prisoners’ for Banks February 19, 2026 By Alastair Marsh and Olivia Rudgard As the prospect of flood damage haunts an ever larger number of UK homes, the country’s banks are under growing...
Viewpoint: East London Faces Risks of Extreme Flooding – But Resilience Can Be Built February 13, 2026 By Ravindra Jayaratne and Maciej Pawlik More than 1,000 properties flooded in London in 2021, resulting in insurance losses of more than £281 million. Record-breaking floods...
London’s Rich Come to Grips With Flood Risk on Their Doorstep November 13, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard As London struggles to adapt to the reality of more frequent and powerful floods, its wealthier corners are emerging as...
UK Is Making It Easier to Assess Public Flood-Defense Funding October 15, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard The UK is making it easier for flood defense projects to access public funds as climate change increases the risk...
Flood Re’s Reinsurance Costs Surge on UK Claims Frequency and Severity July 21, 2025 Flood Re, a joint initiative between the UK government and insurers designed to make flood cover more affordable for homeowners,...
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...
UK’s Extremely Dry Start to Year Raises Crop and Wildfire Risks April 24, 2025 By Joe Wertz The UK’s driest start to the year in four decades is threatening the country’s grain crops and increasing the risk...
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...