by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 24, 2025 | Articles, Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Risk Management
The global population depends on the cryosphere – the 10% of the Earth’s land surface that’s covered in ice. But as more glacial lakes form and expand, floods and other risks are rising. A study published in 2024 counted more than 110,000 glacial lakes around the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 5, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Jérôme Jean Haegeli, Swiss Re’s Group Chief Economist, says: “Economic development continues to be the main driver of the rise in insured losses resulting from floods, but also other perils, seen over many decades. However, with natural catastrophe risks...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 9, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Another rating agency S&P has said the catastrophic flash floods that hit the Valencia region on Oct. 29 will have limited effects on private insurers and reinsurers. Around 4,500 businesses in the Valencia area have been directly affected, half of which face...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 3, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Risk Management
An extremely hot Mediterranean and warmer air temperatures exacerbated a type of storm system that is becoming more common in the Iberian peninsula due to global warming Floods that killed more than 200 people in eastern Spain this week were caused by a storm that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 28, 2024 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Authority (NDRRMA) also issued warnings for 56 out of 77 districts about possible disasters advising people to exercise caution Kathmandu [Nepal]: At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as...
