by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
Risk experts are increasingly using AI to crack an especially intractable challenge: modeling hailstorms, thunderstorms and tornadoes, collectively known as severe convective storms, or SCS. Insured losses from SCS events totaled $61 billion in 2024, the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 5, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Insured losses are estimated at $75 billion.The disaster will reduce L.A.’s gross domestic product by $4.6 billion, or about 0.5%, in 2025. Insured losses may cover only a fraction of the costs for fire victims. Many property owners seeking to rebuild were...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 26, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Risk Management, Technology
Among the most notable hacks are the theft of more than $305 million from Japan’s crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin in May and the loss of $235 million from India’s WazirX in July Funds stolen by hacking cryptocurrency platforms surged 21% from a year ago to $2.2 billion in...
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 11, 2024 | Data, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Flood risk is set to increase due to climate change and urban sprawl.Economic benefits of flood adaptation measures can be up to ten times the costs of post-disaster rebuilding. Dykes can reduce flood damage by 60-90%, especially in densely populated regions Zurich:...
