Lessons from the LA wildfires for the UK’s flood resilience
As the scale of losses from the Los Angeles wildfires becomes clear, Marcel Le Gouais examines if insurers are ready for a climate change-induced ‘new normal’ plus how the sector needs to step up efforts to improve policyholders' risk resilience.
If UK carriers can glean any insight or more importantly – foresight – from the LA wildfires, one might be the importance of measuring resilience in communities exposed to climate risk, where issues
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