Weather Risk

This has been, by far, the hottest year on record, and it's ending with an exclamation point.

The worlds nations took the boldest steps yet to stem climate change, adopting an historic package of measures to limit fossil-fuel pollution and establish a mechanism to step up the reductions for decades.

El Nino is expected to affect temperature and precipitation patterns across the U.S. in the upcoming months.

Insurers from Lombard to AIG are bracing for a surge in Indian claims to a 10-year high after unprecedented floods last week ravaged the city that is home to Ford and BMW factories.

A steady stream of natural gas seeping out of the pipe casing in a well in Southern California may take three to four months to plug.

Risks and opportunities abound in these insurance sectors.