Commercial Property Rates Not Expected to Increase at Same Pace as 2023: USI January 17, 2024 A new USI Insurance Services report forecasts that in 2024, commercial property insurance rates “are expected to increase, but not...
Munich Re: Quakes and Storms Cause $95 Billion in Insurance Losses in 2023 January 9, 2024 By Alexander Hübner and Tom Sims Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, storms in the United States and other natural disasters caused an estimated $95 billion in...
Viewpoint: Disaster Reduction Requires Advance Plan and Discussion about Lessons Learned October 30, 2023 By Steven Andersen, John Dulude, and Bill Zoeller The need for comprehensive disaster risk management has never been more evident. In recent years, major storms, earthquakes, wildfires, tornados,...
The US Leads the World in Weather Catastrophes. Here’s Why April 3, 2023 By Seth Borenstein The United States is Earth’s punching bag for nasty weather. Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier,...
Natural Disasters Caused $313B Economic Loss in 2022 – Aon January 25, 2023 Natural disasters, many driven by climate change, caused global economic losses of $313 billion in 2022, insurance broker Aon estimated...
Climate Disasters Forcing Insurers to Rethink Low Premiums, Few Claims Model January 25, 2023 By Akshat Rathi When it comes to climate impacts, the frontline of the finance industry is insurance. Last year’s payout from damages caused...
Weary of Many Disasters? UN Says Worse to Come April 27, 2022 By Seth Borenstein A disaster-weary globe will be hit harder in the coming years by even more catastrophes colliding in an interconnected world,...
Farmers to Deploy ‘Spot,’ a 4-Legged Robot, for Property Inspections September 22, 2021 By Jim Sams The newest member of Farmers Insurance Group’s catastrophe response team is a four-legged robot that vaguely resembles a headless greyhound....
Investors Gauge Future Climate Risks With Satellite Imaging October 23, 2020 By Alastair Marsh The world was watching end-of-days scenes: Firefighters in yellow jackets, blurry against a copper sky, battled to push back walls...
Disasters Cause Insurance Double Whammy for Pandemic-Hit Businesses September 4, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn and Alwyn Scott As insurers brace for an expensive natural-disaster season because of storms and wildfires ravaging parts of the United States, the...