First-Half 2025 Insured Losses From Natural Cats Hit $100B, Driven by US Events July 16, 2025 By L.S. Howard Global insured losses during the first half of this year were at least $100 billion with more than 90% of...
High Temperatures, Wildfire Smoke May Trigger Protections for Washington Workers July 15, 2025 Worker safety regulators in Washington are warning businesses that temperatures and wildfire smoke are making for hazardous conditions for outdoor...
UK Farmers Face Increased Fire Risks as Dry Weather Persists July 15, 2025 By Celia Bergin British farmers are facing increased fire risks to both their fields and harvesting machines, following a long spell of hot,...
Unhealthy Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blankets Upper Midwest July 14, 2025 By Jack Dura Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian...
Extreme Weather Could Cause 5% Drop in Euro Zone GDP, Bank Watchdogs Find July 10, 2025 By Virginia Furness Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, flooding and wildfires could wipe as much off euro zone GDP in the next...
Wildfire Smoke Brings a Forgotten Danger to the Arctic: Black Carbon July 8, 2025 By Danielle Bochove In 2023, the Canada wildfires that incinerated more than 17 million hectares (42 million acres) of boreal forest were so...
A Majority of Companies Are Already Feeling the Climate Heat July 7, 2025 By Miquela Thornton Climate change is already having an impact on companies around the world. Over half of the firms surveyed in a...
California Appoints Members to New Smoke Claims and Remediation Task Force July 3, 2025 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has appointed members to his new Smoke Claims and Remediation Task Force, as part of...
Heat Waves May Cut GDP by 0.5 Percentage Point in Europe, Allianz Says July 2, 2025 By Maria Martinez Recent heat waves across Europe could slow economic growth in Europe by half a percentage point in 2025, a report...
Heat Wave Threatens Power Output and Wildfires Across Europe June 26, 2025 By Eva Brendel and Joe Wertz Europe’s heat wave is intensifying, fueling wildfires across the Mediterranean and threatening to curb electricity generation from both nuclear and...