224 billion dollars or 192 billion euros. That is the amount of damage caused by natural disasters in 2025, according to reinsurer Munich Re. Although a lower amount than in 2024, the hottest year of this century, but with a greater number of fatalities.
The World Wildlife Fund published the Living Planet Report 2024 last month. The results are shocking. "If we want to limit the loss of biodiversity, insurers need to focus more on nature-positive insurance," says Pieter van Dusseldorp (Deloitte) in this final part of our series on biodiversity and non-life insurers.
With cunning social engineering tactics, cybercrime group Scattered Spider penetrates companies. Recently, the insurance sector has been their target. How do they work? And why are they attacking insurers these days? Dillen Ashmore, Threat Intelligence Analyst at Fox-IT, explains.
