Natural Disasters in Past Decade Broke Records for Economic, Insured Losses: Aon January 22, 2020 The past decade broke new records in terms of economic damages and insured losses, according to Aon’s latest catastrophe report....
Australia Begins Clean Up From Bushfires with Insurance Claims Continuing to Rise January 21, 2020 By Rebecca Jones The New South Wales and Victorian state governments will coordinate the clean-up of insured and uninsured residential and commercial properties...
Financial Services CEOs in Davos Complain They Can’t Save Planet Without Clients’ Help January 21, 2020 By Viren Vaghela As the financial industry comes under pressure to avoid funding dirty energy, the heads of Citigroup Inc. and Zurich Insurance...
Japan Firms Have Done Little to Build Resilience Against Increasing Floods: Reuters Poll January 17, 2020 By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Izumi Nakagawa Japanese companies have contingency plans for the floods that increasingly drench this island nation, but most have done little to...
Severe Storms Expected to Bring Relief, New Risks to Bushfire-Stricken Australia January 15, 2020 By Lidia Kelly Severe storms are expected to bring some relief in the coming days from huge bushfires scorching Australia but the heavy...
World Economic Forum Sounds Alarms About Climate Change Risks January 15, 2020 By Jill Ward The World Economic Forum is sounding alarm bells on climate change, with environmental risks occupying the group’s top five long-term...
Climate Scientists Warn that Australia’s Bushfires Could Become the New Normal January 14, 2020 By Matthew Green Bushfires ravaging Australia have provided a foretaste of the kinds of conditions that could become normal unless the world moves...
Australia’s Bushfires Could Surpass 2009’s Costly Season; Analysts, Insurers Comment January 10, 2020 By L.S. Howard Australia’s bushfire season has months to run and could easily surpass the most costly fire season, 2009’s Black Saturday fires...
Earth Is Hotter Than at Any Time Since Start of Industrial Revolution: Report January 10, 2020 By Jonathan Tirone The last five years on Earth have been hotter than at any time since the industrial revolution kicked off almost...
Australians Evacuate Their Homes as Soaring Temperatures, Winds Fan Bushfires January 10, 2020 By Colin Packham and Swati Pandey Australia urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday and prepared military backup as...