Possible Infrastructure Disruption, Claims Resulting From Geomagnetic Storms March 26, 2013 By Denise Johnson Solar and geomagnetic activity is expected to peak this year, increasing the possibility of disruption to government and private infrastructure....
States Declare Emergency as Winter Storms Herald $100M Economic Loss: Report March 7, 2013 At least four separate winter storms impacted the United States in February. The most deadly was a powerful Nor’easter which...
January Floods in Australia and Indonesia Result in $6B in Damage February 11, 2013 Torrential monsoonal rains prompted severe flooding throughout the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, killing at least 41 people, according to Impact...
UK Flood Insurance Losses Hit Five Year High: Aon Report December 7, 2012 The recent flooding the United Kingdom experienced last month, which killed at least four people and damaged more than 1,100...
Asia Facing $8B Economic Loss Due to September Flooding: Aon Report October 5, 2012 Of the more than $7.5 billion in economic losses recorded in Asia, China sustained much of that loss as two...
Report: July Flooding in China Causes $8.3B in Economic Losses August 8, 2012 Flooding caused more than $8.3 billion in economic losses across China during July, while the worst drought in decades worsened...
Aon: Deadly Italy Earthquakes Result in $6B Economic Loss June 8, 2012 The two earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks that struck northern Italy within a nine-day period, killing 25 people, injuring more than...
Severe Weather Insured Losses Approach $1B in April May 4, 2012 A series of severe weather events across central and southern sections of the United States in April caused upwards of...
March Deadly And Costly Month in Parts of the United States April 6, 2012 A significant severe weather outbreak affected parts of the U.S. Midwest, the Tennessee Valley and the Southeast during the first...
Aon Report: January Sees No Major Natural Disaster Event February 8, 2012 Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corporation, released its latest Global Catastrophe Recap report, which...