Browsing: Hurricanes
Hurricane Beryl’s danger lies in its combination of high wind speeds, heavy rainfall, and the potential for severe flooding and…
This is the earliest we’ve ever seen a Cat 4 hurricane—and the season’s just getting started
Hurricane Beryl is setting new records for tropical storms—and that has people living in the Southeast and along the East…
The U.S. is about to get slammed by a ‘very active’ hurricane season—but the carnage could be good news for these five insurance stocks, analyst says
Forecasters are expecting another devastating hurricane season this year. Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science warns a “very active”…
An extremely high-risk, high-reward corner of the bond market is seeing volume soar to record levels
Issuance of catastrophe bonds just hit a record high, as the market braces for a rough hurricane season with the…
When Kim Bentzen graduated with a meteorology degree in the 1990s, the only career path he saw was Denmark’s national…
Home insurers paid out a staggering $100 billion last year, the most catastrophic financial wrecking ball in over a decade
Home insurance companies are being battered by a costly combination of severe storms and high inflation. They just had their…
I actually try to avoid headlines like this one. At times, weather and climate information can be presented in a…
This niche asset class outperformed hedge funds by almost 35% in 2023 — and it’s ready to hit the mainstream
Last year’s best-performing asset class wasn’t tech stocks or derivatives: it was so-called “catastrophe bonds,” a little-known class of financial…