Roger Grenier

Climate scientists have confidence that warming temperatures are making some catastrophic events likelier.

Floods are the most frequent and costly natural disaster in many parts of the world and the risk is increasing.

Catastrophes worldwide are expected to cost society roughly USD 380 billion each year.

Of all the natural hazards that cause property damage in Europe, flood is the costliest.

Texas has had more disasters declared since 1953 than any other state, according to FEMA.

With another Atlantic hurricane season about to start how can we better prepare for the next landfall?

The U.S. National Weather Service has designated the first week of May as Hurricane Preparedness Week.

The global protection gap between economic and insured losses results in an enormous cost to society.

The World Bank recently issued catastrophe bonds to benefit the people and the Republic of the Philippines.

The idea of investing in mitigation activities in the United States to reduce the impacts of natural disasters has been around for a while.

In recent years, modeling technology has advanced to add flood risk estimation to the insurer's toolkit. Aided by increased computational power and high-quality digital data sets, models now allow probabilistic simulation of flood risk at a national scale.