Three consecutive poor harvests have cost UK arable farmers an estimated £4.8 billion - and brokers advising farming clients now face compound risk scenarios where drought and flooding can strike in the same policy period, not in alternating years
Mark Rosanes Sep 11, 2026
Reinsurer warns that a $320 billion peak-loss scenario remains on the table
US and UN forecasters now say this could be the strongest El Niño since records began in 1950. It's arriving into a UK property market that just posted its worst-ever claims year
Property catastrophe pricing keeps falling into 2027 renewals, but reinsurers are holding firm on attachment points and terms
Gallagher Re finds a record-low combined ratio and rising ROE masking a deteriorating underlying story
Six straight years above US$100 billion and no US hurricane - that is the new baseline for global catastrophe losses
The week-long outbreak across Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy is now the costliest hailstorm event on PERILS' European record
Clients may not realise - they can get flash floods wherever they are
When the cause is disputed, the policy wording is tested. Clients in the Himalayan corridor need cover that pays out without requiring a causal determination first
AXA's Matt Briggs discusses the emerging risks reshaping commercial property insurance, from lithium-ion batteries and net zero retrofits to climate change and what underwriters look for in a well-managed risk
Prevention, collaboration and changing expectations are reshaping construction insurance. AXA's Andrew Hogg shares where the market is heading
Coverdrone's Phil Heath and Richard Webb discuss the growth of drone insurance and what it reveals about insuring emerging technologies.
