Munich Re

'Disturbing': Why climate remains the single biggest global economic threat

Risk

'Disturbing': Why climate remains the single biggest global economic threat

Top insurers and economists warn climate change remains biggest global economic threat, despite on-going COVID risks

11 January 2022 • 7 min read

Natural disaster damages hit $210bn worldwide in 2020, Munich Re estimates

Risk

Natural disaster damages hit $210bn worldwide in 2020, Munich Re estimates

Insurance giant warns 'it is time to act' in order to curb growing costs of climate change

08 January 2021 •

'Severe and costly': 2018 clocks in $160bn worth of extreme weather damages

Climate change

'Severe and costly': 2018 clocks in $160bn worth of extreme weather damages

Annual natural disaster report from Munich Re rates 2018 as the fourth costliest year since 1980

09 January 2019 •