New Zealand relies on data from insurance and an international source to assess damages from extreme weather. But these datasets are fragmented, incomplete and unreliable.
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Financial institutions are meant to have reliable payment systems in place. But more work needs to be done to ensure they do this.
Too many homes will remain vulnerable to climate-related extreme weather events unless there is better coordinated housing policy and disaster management.
While the government aims to shore up its credentials on housing, the Coalition takes aim at recalcitrant insurance companies.
A depressed robot, a drugged Kenyan and a singing Saab driver − what could go wrong?
A larger than expected drop in inflation data has boosted the chances of an interest rate cut as soon as February.
Central bankers agree that climate change poses a threat to the financial system. An insurance crisis is exactly the kind of problem that could spread.
For insurers, it’s simply becoming too expensive to do business in California. That will have ripple effects on the cost of insurance around the globe.
What are the goals of the insurance? Who is being insured? And how are policyholders and their risks classified?
It’s time to move from rage to regulation, an insurance expert argues.
As the middlemen between drug companies and insurers, PBMs are shoo-ins as the villains behind high drug prices. But they do play a useful role in the health marketplace.
Insurers in many ways are the face of US health care, which may help explain the public reaction to the murder of an insurance executive.
Insurance costs are rising quickly across much of the country. Hurricanes are part of the reason, but it’s the other perils common across the Midwest and Great Plains that complicate costs.
Australia’s corporate regulator is closely examining the way death benefit and other insurance claims are processed across the entire superannuation sector.
FEMA’s recovery work after Helene and Milton has been hampered by misinformation. Here’s what the agency actually does to help people displaced by disasters.
A report into the insurance sector’s response to the 2022 floods outlined a detailed pathway to reform. But these steps alone won’t solve the growing problem posed to Australian households by climate change.
For both developed and developing economies, recovering from extreme climate events requires measures that address systemic challenges and empower communities to build a better future.
Insurers are raising rates quickly, and it’s not just in California and Florida. They’re often shrinking coverage at the same time.
Australian properties are becoming uninsurable as unseasonal extreme weather inflicts major damage to housing, business and infrastructure.
The vast majority of damage to residential buildings during flooding occurs in basements. Rather than rebuilding identically after a disaster, we need to build better.
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Tasmania
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Professor in Strategic Management, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University
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Chair in Insurance and Professor, Finance, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Financial Economics, Loughborough University
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Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Western University
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Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer in Finance and Insurance, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Adjunct Professor, Victoria University
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Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Financial Planning, James Cook University
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Professor, Risk Management and Insurance, University of Calgary
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University