International
Floods, Storms Drive Global Insured Catastrophe Losses of $38B in H1 2022: Swiss Re
A series of winter storms in Europe, record floods in Australia and South Africa as well as a high number of thunderstorms in the U.S. and Europe resulted in $35 billion in insured losses from ...
Climate Change Made Deadly UK Heat Wave at Least 10 Times More Likely: Study
The UK's heat wave last month fueled so many blazes in London that the city's fire service was busier than any day since Nazi attacks in World War II. More than 840 people may have died in England ...
How Climate Change Drives Heatwaves and Wildfires
Brutal heatwaves gripped both Europe and the United States last week and are forecast to dump searing heat on much of China into late August. In addition to temperatures spiking above 40 Celsius (104 ...
Global Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $34B in H1 2022: Munich Re
Global natural disasters during the first half of 2022 cost insurers about $34 billion, which covered a little more than half of the overall $65 billion in losses from floods, earthquakes and storms ...
Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $39B During H1 2022, 18% More Than Average: Aon
Insured losses from global natural disaster events were estimated at $39 billion during the first half of 2022, 18 percent higher than the 21st century average of $33 billion, driven by persistent ...
Allianz Notes Rising Business Interruption Costs in Global Claims Report
The number of contingent business interruption claims more than tripled in 2021 as a deep freeze in Texas shut down much of the state's power grid and a fire at a semi-conductor plant in Japan ...
How They Rank: Are High-Emitting Nations Liable for Climate Harms?
Scientists, officials and activists have long called out the inequity in national histories on greenhouse gas emissions with rich nations benefiting and poor ones hurting from global warming, and now ...
Worst-Ever Droughts, Fires Possible in EU: Climate Change Warning
The European Union's executive warned on Thursday that the continent is facing one of its toughest years when it comes to natural disasters like droughts and wildfires because of increasing climate ...