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  • Re/insurers reveal financial impacts from hurricanes Milton and Helene - UPDATED

    18 November 2024

    The hurricanes made landfalls in the US barely two weeks apart, in September/October

  • InsuranceERM Climate Risk & Sustainability awards 2024: winners revealed

    22 October 2024

    Individuals, teams and companies recognised for excellence, innovation and leadership

  • California engages academics to deliver public wildfire catastrophe model

    18 September 2024

    Joint effort from California Department of Insurance and California State Polytechnic University

  • Maximum Information and Aon secure funding for project to connect humanitarian aid with hurricane insurance

    11 July 2024

    UK government-backed project aims to overhaul the way insurers and aid agencies manage cyclone risk

  • COP28: what did it mean for insurers?

    19 December 2023

    Insurance experts at COP28 offer their reflections on the Dubai climate summit. Joshua Geer reports

  • IAIS 2023: "I like insurance because it has the best data"

    10 November 2023

    Keynote speaker Keiko Honda asks if insurers could sell their data to others

  • Ten geopolitical risks to keep you awake at night

    09 November 2023

    Timothy Less from the University of Cambridge's Centre for Geopolitics outlined the shifting power balances and powder-keg disputes that actuaries should consider. Joshua Geer reports

  • Doubt raised over climate models' severe weather projections

    10 August 2023

    Research supported by Aon highlights impact of future tropical Pacific warming scenarios

  • Germany faces up to climate protection gap

    20 July 2023

    Germans agree they faced climate change front-on when storm Bernd hit in 2021. Two years on, they are somewhat less united on exactly how best to respond. David Walker reports

  • Gallagher Re: above-average nat cat insured losses in H1

    19 July 2023

    The broker said severe convective storms dominated insurance industry payouts