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US private flood insurance growth helps close the nation’s protection gap: Fitch
22nd July 2025
The US private flood insurance market is growing, addressing the nation’s significant gap between economic and insured losses from flood events, which remain largely underinsured despite being one of the costliest perils for homeowners, a recent report by Fitch Ratings has revealed. In the US, flood insurance historically had a very ... Read the full article
Policies ceded to Flood Re hit record high in 2024/25
21st July 2025
Flood Re, the UK government-backed scheme funded by the insurance industry to improve access to affordable flood insurance, has reported a record 20% increase in policies ceded, reaching 346,200 for the year ending 31 March 2025. Now in its tenth year, Flood Re has helped over 660,000 households secure flood insurance ... Read the full article
CatIQ reduces 2024 Ontario flash flooding loss estimate by 9% to CAD 899m
16th July 2025
CatIQ, a Toronto-based independent catastrophe insurance data provider and a subsidiary of PERILS, has released its fifth industry loss estimate for the flash flooding that impacted southern Ontario on 15th and 16th July 2024, estimating CAD 899 million. As a reminder, in July 2024, southern Ontario, including Toronto and the Greater ... Read the full article
ICEYE launches Flood Rapid Impact to deliver timely, actionable flood intelligence
14th July 2025
ICEYE, a provider of satellite-based disaster response technologies, has introduced Flood Rapid Impact (FRI) — a new solution designed to provide automated, near-real-time flood data to emergency response teams, energy providers, insurers, and financial institutions. FRI supplies critical information about floodwater extent within 6 to 12 hours of the earliest signs ... Read the full article
Disaster declaration issued in Texas as flood risks continue
7th July 2025
At least 81 people have been confirmed dead and 41 remain missing after flash floods devastated central Texas on Friday, with more storms expected in the region. The flash floods began Thursday night of last week and continued into Friday morning, as several months' worth of rain fell within just a ... Read the full article
Previsico urges cross industry collaboration to tackle extreme flooding
4th July 2025
Previsico, the actionable flood warning insurtech, has called for collaboration between insurers, government, and industry to tackle the growing threat of extreme flooding globally during the London Climate Action Week, which took place last month. The flood insurtech engaged with policymakers, insurers, and innovators at the London Climate Action Week to ... Read the full article
Neptune appointed as Palomar’s exclusive MGA for flood insurance
27th June 2025
Specialty property insurer Palomar Holdings, Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with Neptune Flood, a private flood insurance provider, to accelerate growth in the US flood insurance market. As part of the collaboration, Neptune will become Palomar’s exclusive managing general agent (MGA) for flood insurance. Palomar will gain access to Neptune’s AI-powered ... Read the full article
Descartes expands US Flood offer with new parametric product
26th June 2025
Descartes Underwriting, a specialist in corporate parametric insurance solutions for climate and emerging risks, has launched a new fully customisable Flood-at-Location parametric flood insurance product for US commercial customers. Backed by extensive research in flood modelling and advanced sensor systems, Descartes noted that its new product upends the traditional approach to ... Read the full article
Brit establishes new digital underwriting platform for US flood market
25th June 2025
Brit Group Holdings Limited has revealed the launch of Brit Flood, a new digital underwriting platform for the US flood market. Brit explained that the new development is built on its in-house technology platform and can offer instant quotes for primary US residential flood insurance. "Using an API which connects agent’s platforms ... Read the full article
PERILS places final industry loss from southern Germany floods at €1.564bn
6th June 2025
Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS has released its fourth and final industry loss estimate for the floods that struck southern Germany between 31 May and 6 June 2024, placing the insured market loss at €1.564 billion. The final figure is reportedly composed of personal lines property losses, which represent 63% ... Read the full article
reThought Flood hires industry veteran Kevin Thomas to lead residential expansion
4th June 2025
Technology-centric underwriting agency reThought Flood has appointed business development leader and flood expert Kevin C. Thomas to help expand its presence in the residential flood risk market. Thomas will lead the continued development of reThought Flood’s residential insurance distribution strategy. He joins reThought Flood from USI Insurance Services, where he served as ... Read the full article
ICA declares NSW floods ‘Insurance Catastrophe’ as claims received nears 5,000
27th May 2025
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has upgraded the Mid North Coast and Hunter flooding event classification to an "Insurance Catastrophe" due to updated feedback on ground information about local event severity. So far, insurers have received 4,900 claims from the event, which has seen flooding in the Mid North Coast ... Read the full article
Reinsurers to remain disciplined at mid-year despite severe NSW floods: BofA
23rd May 2025
The severe flooding across the Mid North Coast and Hunter regions of New South Wales (NSW) is not expected to derail the strong FY25 outlook, with reinsurers likely to remain disciplined at mid-year renewals, according to analysts at BofA Securities. On 21st May, 2025, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) declared ... Read the full article
Willis integrates Moody’s flood data & analytics in its risk modelling tools
6th May 2025
Willis, a WTW business, has integrated Moody’s detailed global flood data into its proprietary risk management tools, building upon its partnership with the company. In the past, Willis has incorporated Moody’s catastrophe models into its Property Quantified platform. This expanded partnership aligns with the pair's shared vision to modernise risk management through ... Read the full article
Neptune Flood surpasses $100bn of insured value
2nd May 2025
Florida domiciled Neptune Flood, a private flood insurance provider, has surpassed $300 million in premium in force, over 235,000 policyholders, and over $100 billion of insured value. These milestones underscores the firm's commitment to the private flood insurance market, driven by cutting-edge technology, data-driven underwriting, and protecting homeowners and businesses from ... Read the full article
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