Risk
Here to Stay: Why ‘Weather Whiplash’ Is a Growing Concern for Insurers
If you think the weather these days feels like a seesaw, you're not alone. Consider the following: In Colorado last year, a prolonged spell of unusually warm, dry conditions and one of the deadliest ...
Unsyncopated Clocks: ‘Fire and Flood’ Book Highlights Insurers’ Climate-Change Late Show
Scientists have been sounding the climate-change alarm for decades. But despite these dire warnings, a large swath of the public still refuses to believe, and both policymakers and businesses have ...
What Cyber Underwriters Miss: Small Businesses Aren’t Using MFA Correctly, Advisen Panel Says
As cyber threat actors continue to innovate and find new ways to increase their odds of success, panelists at the 2022 Advisen Cyber Risk Insights Conference urged underwriters to raise the stakes ...
How Climate Change Impacted Hurricane Ian: More Rain
Climate change added at least 10 percent more rain to Hurricane Ian, a study prepared immediately after the storm shows. Thursday's research, which is not peer-reviewed, compared peak rainfall rates ...
3M Belgian Settlement Signals Increased Risk of ‘Toxic Torts’ in Europe
"Toxic torts," which are lawsuits alleging damage to human health or the environment caused by specific substances, are increasingly common in the United States. They can cost defendants hundreds of ...
Hurricane Basics and The Effects of Climate Change: Reuters Explainer
After a quiet start to the season, Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico and then battered the Dominican Republic, leaving more than 1 million people without running water or power. While ...
‘Dangerous’ 103 Degree Heat To Hit Chicago 11 Times A Year By 2100: Study
What's considered officially "dangerous heat" in coming decades will likely hit much of the world at least three times more often as climate change worsens, according to a new study. In much of ...
50-50 Split: Reinsurers Feel Strongly Both Ways About Catastrophe Risk
The natural catastrophe business of global reinsurers has been reshaped by five years of higher-than-expected losses, which is leading reinsurers to adopt divergent strategies—either diving in to ...