Heat and wildfires put southern Europe’s vital tourism earnings at risk

US.-based climate technology startup Sensible Weather is developing insurance that would compensate people if extreme heat wrecks their holiday It’s rolled out “weather guarantee” coverage to travel companies in the UK, France and the US, which pays travellers...

Europeans lack insurance protection as wildfires and drought batter the region

When it comes to disaster response, the ECB sees insurers as the first line of financial defense, backed up by reinsurers and the financial markets with instruments like catastrophe bonds. The global market for catastrophe bonds, which give insurers a payout when a...