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  • The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season: breaking unexpected records

    27 November 2020

    This year will be remembered for the having the largest number of tropical storms, but it has been a relatively lucky season without serious losses. For insurers and risk modellers, the long-term impact may be the advances in technology forced upon them by the pandemic, as Paul Walsh reports

  • Florence downgraded but flood risk remains

    13 September 2018

    The cyclone has been reduced from category 4 to category 2, but still poses severe risks

  • Losses from hurricane Florence may hit historic highs

    11 September 2018

    Florence became a category 4 hurricane on Monday afternoon

  • US braced for large losses from hurricane Florence

    11 September 2018

    The storm is set to make landfall in North Carolina by Friday

  • The long-term impacts of 2017's natural catastrophes

    06 February 2018

    Following the devastation caused by hurricanes and wildfires last year, Paul Walsh asks the industry what the lessons are for insurers and risk modellers

  • Early estimates for Irma's insured losses reach $60bn

    11 September 2017

    Deluges inland in US could follow wind and storm surge damage in Caribbean

  • Loss estimates for Hurricane Matthew are shrinking

    21 October 2016

    Insured loss in US likely to be below $5bn, says RMS