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Rising natural disaster losses push CEOs beyond insurance: Bain
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (220+ words) Comprehensive risk strategies are more effective than insurance. CEOs must employ a broader view on risk to deploy a full range of resilience strategies far beyond insurance, Bain said as natural disaster losses rising 5% to 7% a year. Whilst insurance is…...
How Life Sciences Companies Can Build Resilience Amid Economic and Geopolitical Volatility
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1592+ words) “We’re clearly in a new era for international trade, with the reality that trade is evolving and adding risk and uncertainty to the economy,” said Ben Wright, Head of The Hartford’s Global Insights Center. “Trade routes are shifting from high…...
Banyan venture focuses on wildfire-exposed property risk
1+ week, 1+ day ago (157+ words) Specialty managing general agent Banyan Risk Ltd. on Wednesday launched Red Fox Risk Ltd., a specialist underwriting venture focused on wildfire-exposed property risk in the United States. Red Fox will operate under the Banyan Risk umbrella and will offer coverage…...
Flood insurance is vanishing where the water is rising fastest
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1208+ words) At the present moment, with factoring in a predicted super El Nini, roughly one in 12 US properties faces severe or extreme flood risk. Fewer than one in 40 has a federal flood insurance policy. For agents and brokers, the findings confirm…...
Millions who need flood insurance the most don't have it as flawed federal program raises prices
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1757+ words) A man stands near a pile of debris as residents clean up in Fleming-Neon, Ky., Aug. 5, 2022, after massive flooding the previous week. Credit: AP/Brynn Anderson WASHINGTON — In eastern Kentucky, Libby Honeycutt listened upstairs to the sound of glass breaking…...
New California license lets utilities sell home protection contracts
1+ week, 2+ day ago (403+ words) Your next home protection contract might show up on your electricity bill. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1931 into law on September 27, 2026, creating something the state's Insurance Code has never had: a home protection contract limited lines agent license. Authored…...
America’s flood insurance gap is growing
1+ week, 2+ day ago (293+ words) The nation’s flood insurance program is struggling to balance affordability, flood protection and cost to taxpayers, leaving millions vulnerable at a time when climate change is driving flood risk higher. Nationwide, just 2.4% of properties are covered by 4.5 million federal flood…...
Chubb must pay $30 million in coal silo collapse coverage fight
1+ week, 2+ day ago (224+ words) A federal jury in West Virginia says a Chubb unit must pay $30 million in a long-running insurance dispute over a collapsed coal silo, including $2.5 million for “aggravation and inconvenience.” The verdict in Ramaco Resources, LLC v. Federal Insurance Company, was…...
How much does it cost to insure an apartment against drones and missiles in…
1+ week, 5+ day ago (421+ words) Protecting homes from the effects of military operations remains one of the most pressing issues for Kyiv residents amid the intense shelling of recent weeks. Insurance costs on the market vary significantly, ranging from 18,000 hryvnias for fixed coverage limits to…...
Los Angeles fire survivors launch survey to see which insurers paid, and which stalled
1+ week, 5+ day ago (668+ words) "Some insurers count on wearing families down until they run out of money or energy to fight back." A new survey in Los Angeles seeks to answer which insurers helped families recover and which ones made that process even harder....