Cat risk

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17 December 2024

Australia's property insurance model caught off-guard by climate change

A series of unprecedented disasters has revealed serious flaws in how the non-life insurance sector operates, but critics are making suggestions on how to improve matters, as David Walker discovers
20 November 2024

A comprehensive approach to fighting climate change

With the COP29 meeting in progress, Nicolas Jeanmart describes a role for insurers in a united effort to tackle climate change
14 November 2024

A historical perspective on the challenges in America's insurance markets

Katherine Hempstead has written a book that unpacks the evolution of insurance in the US. She explains to Joshua Geer the role played by state and federal regulation, and how the market has been shaped by decisions taken centuries ago
03 October 2024

As re/insurers face growing risks, models evolve to meet the challenge

At the Rendez-Vous de Septembre, Robert Muir-Wood discussed how climate change, human interaction, and under-modelled threats are reshaping catastrophe risk management. Joshua Geer reports
06 September 2024

RVS 2024: Reinsurers arrive strong, but an uncertain world could test their limits

The annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) event begins this weekend in Monte Carlo and reinsurers sail in with robust financials - but there are uncertain waters on the horizon. Joshua Geer reports

News

  • Verisk first to apply for California's new wildfire model review

    03 January 2025

    Comes as state's Sustainable Insurance Strategy took effect on 2 January

  • Floods dominate non-US insurance cat losses

    02 January 2025

    Floods dominate non-US insurance cat losses

  • FSA warns Japan's insurers to uphold governance amid global expansion

    02 January 2025

    Internal audit and governance must be enhanced as operations expand, watchdog says

  • InsuranceERM's 2024 review: Natural catastrophes and politics collide

    31 December 2024

  • California issues reinsurance regulation to address wildfire risk

    31 December 2024

    Measure is final step in reform package to expand insurance coverage across California

  • Extreme weather events lead to €5.5bn in insured losses in Germany

    30 December 2024

  • Severe storms and tornadoes slam southeast US

    30 December 2024

  • Strong reinsurer appetite drives loss-free property cat rates down at 1 Jan renewals

    30 December 2024

    But prices rise up to 30% for loss-affected books, says Guy Carpenter

  • Bermuda P&C insurers' cat loss exposure climbs 11%

    24 December 2024

    BMA's year-end 2023 analysis reveals island's global cat loss share stable at 23%

  • US flood insurance gap shows no signs of narrowing, says Neptune research report

    20 December 2024

    Florida has 82% of residential buildings uninsured

  • Eiopa and ECB endorse pan-EU reinsurance pool to address natcat protection gap

    18 December 2024

    Public-private reinsurance scheme should be complemented by EU disaster fund

  • AI unlikely to replace physical-based flood models, says Fathom co-founder

    17 December 2024

    Nevertheless, Fathom contributes to AI tool for visualising future flood events

  • Reask, JBA and Tremblor model risk for Pacific cat insurance programme

    17 December 2024

  • Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA 2024 in six charts

    09 December 2024

    Key polling results from InsuranceERM's event on 2 December

  • Natural catastrophes drive insured losses above $135bn in 2024, Swiss Re finds

    05 December 2024

    Climate change impacts intensify as 2024 set to be hottest year on record

Most Read
  1. InsuranceERM's 2024 review: Solvency II vs Solvency UK
  2. Alex Hindson: Watch closely how geopolitics impacts sustainability
  3. Thabile Nyaba: Integration of risk management and sustainability stood out in 2024
  4. Eiopa's call for cross-border overhaul, and the path to a single EU supervisor
  5. FSA warns Japan's insurers to uphold governance amid global expansion
  6. InsuranceERM's 2024 review: Natural catastrophes and politics collide
  7. Socrates Coudounaris: DORA and AI regulation will be a focus for 2025
  8. Reinsurance solutions for IFRS 17: overcoming challenges in earnings emergence
  9. BMA pushes for more disclosures from life re/insurers
  10. Floods dominate non-US insurance cat losses