Hurricane Isaias

Hurricane Isaias formed as a tropical storm in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico overnight on October 7, becoming the ninth named storm and the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Temporarily threatening to hit the Gulf coastline as a major hurricane,...

Venezuela Earthquake

In the night from the 24th to the 25th of June a severe Mw 7.5 earthquake occurred in the northern part of Venezuela. The tremor had interesting characteristics from a seismological point of view and is likely to cause severe physical and humanitarian damage to the...

Global warming and Insurance Linked Securities

Climate change has become a significant factor for the insurance industry. This assessment is hardly surprising news, as the first considerations about the interplay between climate change and the insurance business were initiated in the 1970s by companies such as...