All Climate change articles – Page 3
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AnalysisWildfires break all records
Future losses will grow if demographic trends continue, insurers warned
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Online onlyMoody’s: Wildfires serve as a warning
Recent wildfires could be the costliest in history; insurers could face more severe events in the future
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Wildfires to have limited ratings impact
Insured losses may modestly weaken full year operating results, warns AM Best
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Online onlyAIR: Wildfire losses likely to exceed $1.2bn
Between 500,000 and 1 million people have been forced from their homes
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Fitch: Wildfires could break records
Rating agency predicts that the wildfires could be costliest ever in US
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Online onlyWildfires continue to rage as losses mount
The sheer number of fires (20) has spread fire fighting resources thin, preventing containment
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Online onlyWildfires continue to rage in California
Fires are “not yet” as severe as those of 2003, when the Cedar Fire alone caused losses of $1.2bn
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Increased property losses "likely" from US fires
Californian fires ravaged 30,000 acres already
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AnalysisCat bond charge continues into Q4
Subprime has not hindered new cat bond issuances, says Dan Ozizmir
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AnalysisUK flood focus
This year’s summer flooding in the UK has raised new concerns about insurers’ ability to deal with these extreme risks
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AnalysisCapital market revolution
Capital market solutions will transform the industry, predicted delegates at Insuring Climate Change
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AnalysisNiche to mainstream
Climate change has gone mainstream, say chief risk officer of IAG Tony Coleman
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UK Gov only offering "partial flood protection"
RMS has hit out at the £800m promised by the UK Government for additional flood defences
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AnalysisShock to the system
Insurers have the ability to influence attitudes towards climate change, says IAG group executive Sam Mostyn
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Features
Rain or shine
Saving for a rainy day has taken on a whole new meaning. Weather derivatives, discovers Ronald Gift Mullins, are no longer a novelty.
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FeaturesGR Survey: Insuring tomorrow’s climate
Is the industry strong enough to cope with $40bn-plus weather losses every single year? Helen Yates presents the results from GR’s latest survey on insuring climate change
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Online onlySwiss Re launches new climate programme
Initiative will provide financial protection against weather risks in emerging countries
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Online onlyKaren becomes eleventh storm of the season
Tropical Storm Karen could become a weak hurricane by the end of the weekend
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Munich Re launches sustainability portal
Website will be available to public and rating agencies
