1+ week, 5+ day ago   (283+ words) Thailand plans to provide government-funded disaster insurance to about 30 million households in high-risk areas, while seeking to shift some of the growing cost of floods and other catastrophes to private insurers. The government on Tuesday approved a 15.5 billion baht ($467 million)…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (652+ words) Londoners are facing historic levels of subsidence risk after five successive heat waves dried out the clay soil on which much of the city is built. Laura Hughes, head of general insurance at the ABI, says the upward trend is…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (426+ words) A California agency on Wednesday approved long-delayed regulations designed to protect homes from wildfire, but they’re less stringent than defenses recommended by scientists and firefighters. The new rules, which apply to about 2 million homes, were mandated by a 2020 state law…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (247+ words) Extreme heat and unreliable water supplies are threatening asset valuations across a growing number of sectors as everything from labor productivity to energy costs gets impacted, according to an analysis by Moody’s. “Heat and water are no longer separate perils…...