Barclays Steps Up Client Reviews to Track Flood Exposure November 3, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard Barclays Plc has been stepping up its review process to ensure it detects client exposures to intensifying flood risks. The...
UK Tries to Map Out Risks to Public Services of Extreme Weather November 3, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard Extreme weather is having a measurable impact on Britain’s public finances as areas including railways, prisons and healthcare are increasingly...
Prime London Homes Are Increasingly on Frontlines of Extreme Weather October 5, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard More than a decade into a downturn caused by tax hikes, economic and political shocks, London’s high-end housing market has...
Flood Re to Cut Insurance Payouts to Richest UK Households July 2, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard The UK’s flood insurer of last resort is unfairly favoring wealthier households and will be reformed to reduce the burden...
Britain’s Garden Habits Are Making Their Homes Harder to Insure June 10, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard As the UK moves from a record-hot May into an unseasonably wet June, the risk of flooding is being exacerbated...
UK Warned of Housing Market Risks as Flood Re’s Future Unclear May 20, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard The UK government must provide clarity on the future of Flood Re or risk seeing its failure to do so...
England Has 1.2 Million Buildings at Risk of Flooding With No Defenses April 15, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard A new study has found that 1.2 million buildings at risk of flooding in England currently aren’t included in any...
Rich Britons Reap Biggest Benefits From UK State Flood Program March 26, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard, Alastair Marsh and Gautam Naik It’s not how the program was supposed to work. But thanks to a legal anachronism, Britain’s state-backed plan intended to...
UK Banks Slammed by Flood Re’s CEO for ‘Ignoring’ Mortgage Risks March 9, 2026 By Alastair Marsh and Olivia Rudgard The UK’s flood insurer of last resort says the country’s mortgage banks aren’t doing enough to prepare for the risks...
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...