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A single extreme US catastrophe could produce losses that nearly match the entire global reinsurance capital base
The catastrophic mountain flooding in Nepal that killed more than 1,300 people was driven by a complex web of climate and seismic processes that made it nearly impossible to predict, according to an international team of scientists. Rising global temperatures …
Thailand plans to provide government-funded disaster insurance to about 30 million households in high-risk areas, while seeking to shift some of the growing cost of floods and other catastrophes to private insurers. The government on Tuesday approved a 15.5 billion …
As the White River shatters a 113-year record and Hurricane Lala strikes, new data shows most homeowners in both states have no flood coverage