Typhoon Hagibis to Cost Japan’s Economy $10B, with Insured Losses in Billions: Aon November 8, 2019 Typhoon Hagibis is likely to become one of 2019’s costliest events, with economic costs of more than US$10 billion and...
Boosting Resilience to U.S. Wildfires Should Be Insurance Industry Priority: I.I.I. November 6, 2019 Nearly a year after the deadliest and costliest wildfire in U.S. history, insurers and the customers they cover are revisiting...
500K-Plus Californians Lose Power; Large Wildfire Rages October 24, 2019 By Mark Chediak, David R. Baker and Brian K. Sullivan More than half a million people have lost power across California as part of a deliberate blackout designed to keep...
Eastern Australia Wildfires Destroy Up to 30 Homes October 10, 2019 By Tristan Lavalette About 500 firefighters were battling out-of-control wildfires in eastern Australia that have destroyed up to 30 homes. More than 40...
Council Recommends $4B Plan to Safeguard Oregon from Wildfires September 30, 2019 A task force created by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says climate change, overstocked forests and understaffed fire teams have placed...
Lawsuit Says Colorado Railroad Ignited Fires Prior to Wildfire September 27, 2019 A federal lawsuit says nearly 50 fires in Colorado were ignited by a railroad company in the weeks leading up...
Parts of Texas in Exceptional Drought; Governor Extends Disaster Declaration September 25, 2019 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has extended a drought disaster declaration to numerous counties in the state. The counties are deemed...
Re/insurers Rethink Climate Change Risks as Losses Grow from Wildfires, Floods, Hail September 20, 2019 By Lena Masri By the time David Kaisel got back from selling his flour at a farmers’ market, a wildfire in California’s Capay...
Why Are Amazon Fires Potentially Sparking Global Climate Crisis? August 26, 2019 By Jake Spring A record number of fires ravaging the Amazon has drawn international outrage because of the rainforest’s importance to the global...
U.S. Northwest Faces Growing Wildfire Threat August 6, 2019 By Tom James Nestled in the foothills of Washington’s Cascade Mountains, the bustling Seattle suburb of Issaquah seems an unlikely candidate for anxiety...