All Flooding articles
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AnalysisBuilding resilience against winter storms
Ensure flood plans are up-to-date and any impact from COVID-19 (eg reduced staffing) is accounted for, urges FM Global
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AnalysisClimate change analytics tool launched
Data suite from JBA will help global financial services firms plan for their future and understand possible flood risk under different climate scenarios
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AnalysisFlood damage erodes companies’ long-term value
Stock price of damaged firms drops 5% in the year following major floods as investor confidence declines - research
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AnalysisMore than half of 100 cities most exposed to nat cats are concentrated in four countries
Verisk Maplecroft’s Natural Hazards Risk Atlas 2015 reveals high concentration of cities exposed to natural hazards
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AnalysisNew model combines tsunami loss information with earthquake-shaking damage output
Willis Re’s Japan Tsunami Model aims to help risk managers quantify and manage risk from extreme events, where historically losses have been little understood
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Online onlyData: European storm losses
PERILS published data for the five biggest European storms since 1999
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AnalysisFeed the world
Dr Anna Moss assesses the impact of recent natural catastrophes in Australia and Russia on the risk of food security
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Online onlyEast London rainfall increases tenfold
New research found rainy days of 25mm have become more frequent
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AnalysisTen tips to protect your facilities
As businesses enter a new year and decade, Stefano Tranquillo shares ten tips that can help companies better protect their properties and business operations
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Online onlyHundreds of flooded homes evacuated in Cumbria
There are currently 6 severe flood warnings, 25 flood warnings and 51 flood watches in place across the UK
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Online onlyFlooding displaces 400,000 in Philippines
Tropical cyclone Ketsana brings severe flooding to Manila
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Online onlyLocal bodies fail to prepare for emergencies
Government is not doing enough to promote civil protection in the UK, said a broker survey
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FeaturesTaking a united approach
Alex Kiffen reports on a recent round table discussion on how to deal with catastrophe and how to prevent it
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FeaturesWhy flood losses are increasing
Exposure, the governing factor An almost explosive growth in the values of property in flood-prone areas and the much greater vulnerability of the things that people own are the main reasons for rising flood losses. By Wolfgang Kron
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FeaturesWorking towards solutions for flood
Since 1980, Europe has suffered 17 catastrophic floods that have done at least $75 billion worth of economic damage in total. Only about 25% of these losses were insured. The devastating and costly events of 2002 and 2007 have spurred searches for better planning, precautions and financial solutions. By Lee ...
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FeaturesInland flood models available
Catastrophe Risk Management surveyed the three proprietary modelling companies, AIR Worldwide, EQECAT and Risk Management Solutions (RMS) to discover what European inland flood models are available. By Lee Coppack
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Catastrophe RiskModelling flood: Approaches & pitfalls
Modelling flood is a complex undertaking, owing to the numbers of variables that need taken into consideration, but the range of models is gradually growing which, together with improvements in mapping, will increase the confidence of insurers and reinsurers. By Rebecca Cheetham
