2016

Late on April 14, 2016, an M6.5 earthquake struck Kumamoto and Oita Prefectures in southern Japan.

As we move deeper into another Atlantic hurricane season, many in the insurance and reinsurance industry find themselves asking if this year will see an end to the very benign period of losses we have witnessed over the past decade.

When a hurricane makes landfall, the greatest threat to life and property is sometimes storm surge rather than wind.

In the winter of 2015/2016, three consecutive storms—Desmond, Eva, and Frank—brought severe flooding to the UK.

In the many years that it has been around, the property insurance market has evolved standard terms and policies that are offered by most insurers.

The best way to gather information about hurricanes is to get as close to them as possible.

Three weeks ago, AIR released version 4.0 of Touchstone®. To meet the needs of ever more diverse user groups this release focused on depth, enhancing many of the functional areas to improve the overall user experience and streamline workflows for existing capabilities within the robust platform. 

What ultimately became Typhoon Nepartak was born on July 2, making 2016 the second-latest starting western Pacific (WPAC) typhoon season—just a shade ahead (in the standings) of 1973, when Wilda formed on July 1, and several days behind 1998, when Nichole formed on July 9.

A recent survey asked 5,000 adults in the UK to identify the things that make the British unique as a nation. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the most popular trait proved to be "talking about the weather."

The globe that you may have at home presents the world as a perfectly smooth, spherical planet, which of course it isn't.