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...
Insured Losses from Winter Storm Ciarán Range From €800M to €1.3B: Verisk November 9, 2023 Industry insured losses due to wind from Winter Storm Ciarán (also named Emir by the Free University of Berlin) will...
Storm Ciarán Batters UK and Europe With Punishing Winds and Heavy Rainfall November 2, 2023 By Todd Gillespie, Katharina Rosskopf and Anna Shiryaevskaya Storm Ciarán plowed through northwest Europe, tearing the roofs off some buildings, snarling transport networks and cutting power to more...
Western Europe Braces for Worst Storm of Season With Hurricane-Strength Wind Gusts October 31, 2023 By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Brian K. Sullivan Western Europe is bracing for the worst storm so far this season with hurricane-strength wind gusts and rain potentially disrupting...
Storm Babet Hammers Scotland With Warnings of Risk to Life, Flooding October 20, 2023 By Todd Gillespie and Lars Paulsson The UK’s Met Office warned of the possibility of severe flooding and loss of life in the northern part of...
Storm Babet Sparks Red Alert as Scotland Braces for Flooding October 19, 2023 By Ellie Harmsworth Storm Babet has triggered a red alert in Scotland as exceptional rainfall and flooding pose a “danger to life,” according...
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...
Flash Floods Threaten 126,000 Commercial Buildings in London, and Risk Will Worsen February 25, 2022 By Jessica Shankleman More than 126,000 commercial buildings in London are at risk from flash flooding. Climate change will heighten that threat. Those...
One in Four UK Properties at Risk of Flood, New JBA Model Reveals February 8, 2022 One in four UK properties are at risk of flood, according to new analysis from JBA Risk Management. The flood...
Flood Re Tours UK With ‘Floodmobile’ Before COP26 to Highlight Flood Resilience October 29, 2021 Flood Re, the joint initiative between the UK government and insurance industry to help make home flood insurance more affordable,...