UK Warned of Housing Market Risks as Flood Re’s Future Unclear May 20, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard There are currently 6.3 million properties across England that are in areas at risk of flooding, a figure that's set...
Florida Surplus Lines’ HO Premiums Now Average About the Same as Admitted Market May 15, 2026 By William Rabb The cost of a surplus-lines homeowners’ policy in Florida is now about the same as admitted-market HO policies, reflecting the...
Study: ‘Alarming’ High Flood Risk for 17 Million on Atlantic, Gulf Coasts April 27, 2026 By Seth Borenstein More than 17 million people along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected...
England Has 1.2M Buildings at Risk of Flooding With No Defenses, Study Shows April 15, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard A new study has found that 1.2 million buildings at risk of flooding in England currently aren’t included in any...
EPA Watchdog: Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites Vulnerable to Floods, Wildfires April 1, 2026 By Michael Biesecker and Jason Dearen Some 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential...
Forecast Calls for 11–16 Named Storms, 2-4 Major Atlantic Hurricanes March 25, 2026 A new forecast calls for a “near- to below-historical-average” hurricane season in the Atlantic in 2026 with 11 to 16...
Florida’s Home Hardening Grant Plan Is Massive, Popular—and Flawed, Critics Say March 23, 2026 By William Rabb Florida’s $833 million My Safe Florida Home mitigation program is as popular as ever, providing grants for homeowners to harden...
Cyclone Forces Mine Closures as Winds Lash North Australia March 20, 2026 By Mary Hui, Paul-Alain Hunt and Ben Westcott Tropical cyclone Narelle struck Australia’s northern Queensland coast on Friday, bringing destructive winds and heavy rains that forced miners to...
Forecasters Say Planet-Warming El Niño to Form by September March 13, 2026 By Lauren Rosenthal Scientists at the U.S. Climate Prediction Center project a 62% chance that an ocean-heating El Niño would emerge during the...
UK Floods Raise Specter of ‘Mortgage Prisoners’ Across Banks February 23, 2026 By Alastair Marsh and Olivia Rudgard As the prospect of flood damage haunts an ever larger number of U.K. homes, the country’s banks are under growing...