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Wildfire Smoke Is Already an Earnings Problem — and We Keep Choosing to Ignore It
New research ties wildfire smoke to a 2% U.S. labor-income hit, yet behavior still lags the risk. That gap has direct op...
West Midlands Fires Expose the UK's Wildfire Pricing Gap
Six fires in one day reveal how far UK home insurers are from postcode-level wildfire modelling — and why brokers should...
Second UK Derailment in 24 Hours Puts Rail Liability Cover Under Fresh Scrutiny
A second UK passenger train derailed near Wickford within 24 hours of the Lewes crash, intensifying insurer questions ab...
Forecasters See 69% Chance of a Historic El Niño Event This Fall
NOAA puts the chance of a very strong 2026-27 El Niño above 90% and assigns a 69% probability to a historic October-Dece...
Jellyfish and a Solar Eclipse Test France's Power Grid
Jellyfish halted or curtailed five EDF reactors at Gravelines, while a solar eclipse threatened to shave 1.8 GW from sol...
Cotality: Wildfire Risk Threatens $1.4 Trillion in Western Property Value
Cotality’s 2026 Wildfire Risk Report finds 2.5 million western homes face moderate or higher hazard, with $1.4 trillion ...
Jellyfish swarm forces EDF to halt three reactors at France’s largest nuclear plant
A massive influx of jellyfish clogged cooling water intakes at the Gravelines nuclear station, stopping three reactors a...
Paraguay’s Alto Paraná Powers Grain Exports with Fertile Soils and New Bridge Link
The eastern department’s high-yield soils, strategic logistics hub, and upcoming Integration Bridge cement its role as P...
Wildfire costs are surging — but much of the damage in Europe isn’t insured
Europe's largest insurers say the region is unprepared for soaring wildfire costs, warning of a dangerous 'protection ga...
Colliding risks strain corporate resilience – WEF report urges boards to act
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026 warns that climate stress, geopolitical tensions and AI concentratio...
Climate Risk Data Becomes Core Underwriting Input as CRE Market Surges to $13B
MSCI's $120M First Street deal caps a shift that turns climate analytics from a niche ESG tool into essential infrastruc...
Record-Low SOI Signals 'Very Strong' El Niño, Threatening African Economies
The Southern Oscillation Index sank to its lowest July level in four decades, raising the likelihood of an El Niño as se...
Brazil Cuts Hydro Output to Build Reserves as El Niño Looms
The federal government is temporarily scaling back hydroelectric generation to conserve water in reservoirs, reinforcing...
Rising Temperatures Push Wildfire Risk Into New Geographies, Reshaping Insurance Exposure
A global surge in wildfire activity — from Spokane to Greece — is being driven by a dual climate mechanism that expands ...
Geopolitical Risk Overtakes Supply Chains as Construction's Top Concern, Arch Survey Finds
More than half of construction firms now rank geopolitical instability their top concern, and nearly a third have moved ...
Munich Re: Global Natural Disaster Losses Hit $112bn in First Half of 2026
Insured losses plunged to $44bn as the costliest event—a Venezuelan earthquake—was overwhelmingly uninsured. The industr...
New Study Warns US Coastal Cities Could Face 6.2 Feet of Sea Level Rise by 2100
A research fusion model puts the upper bound of global sea-level rise well beyond UN projections, threatening trillions ...
Europe's Wildfire Crisis Puts Insurers' Urban Exposure Models to the Test
Morningstar DBRS says losses remain manageable for large diversified insurers unless the fires reach densely populated a...
The Climate Resilience Gap That Shows Up at Insurance Renewal
Most companies can map physical climate risks, but few present insurers with a funded adaptation plan. Zurich Resilience...
Deadly Storm Disrupts Chilean Copper Mines, Threatening AI and Energy Supply Chains
Extreme snowfall and floods forced multiple top miners to halt operations in Chile, the world's largest copper supplier,...
SCOR Names Laurent Sabatié to Head Natural Catastrophe Risks, Bolstering Climate Modelling Push
SCOR taps Skyline Partners co-founder Laurent Sabatié to lead its natural catastrophe risk division, signalling a deepen...
Pension Funds Confront the 'Most Terrifying' Climate Tipping Points as They Enter Portfolio Math
Institutional investors managing trillions are beginning to run simulations on climate tipping points, with the UK’s PRA...