The 2026 wildfires in France and Spain are a significant test of European property, agricultural and business interruption insurance. The scale of land burned, precautionary evacuations and disruption to rural, tourism and agricultural activity underline the growing relevance of wildfire as a European exposure.
Weeks of heavy monsoon rain and upstream flows from northern rivers have damaged crops largely across parts of Bogura, leaving thousands of farmers facing steep financial losses while government relief remains limited, according to farmers, agriculture officials and district authorities.
Continuous heavy rain sparked a flash flood in Kampung Kuala Namadan on Monday afternoon after Sungai Pegalan overflowed its banks.
Tropical Storm Arthur caused over $112 million in agriculture and infrastructure damage to many parts of central Louisiana.
The scheme, jointly sponsored by the Central and Karnataka governments, provides insurance cover to farmers against crop losses caused by adverse weather conditions such as deficient or excess rainfall and other notified weather-related risks.
The US farm bill crop safety net targets two risks. Crop insurance targets production-period low yield and revenue risk.
The map of the wildfires in Spain leaves this Monday a situation much more favorable than that experienced during the last days of July, although emergency services maintain a wide deployment in several points of the country.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday announced an initial assistance package of Rs 110 crore for flood-affected people as the state government launched a survey to assess the damage caused by the calamity in which at least six people were killed and 3,567 houses damaged.
After an intense thunderstorm passed through eastern Idaho Thursday evening, sparking a fast-moving wildfire, fire crews have brought the blaze under control.
European plum buyers are facing tighter supplies and significantly higher prices after violent hailstorms, strong winds and extreme heat caused severe crop losses across several key production regions.
Tripura has introduced its first-ever livestock insurance scheme, under which the government will bear 85 per cent of the premium cost, while livestock farmers will have to pay only the remaining 15 per cent, Animal Resources Development Minister Sudhangshu Das said.
A nationwide cyclospora outbreak has severely reduced American consumer demand for fresh greens, forcing some major agricultural producers to destroy healthy crops while driving a surge in business for small local farms as thousands fall ill across the country.
A study commissioned by Lloyd’s, the London-based insurance and reinsurance marketplace, found that farmers, fishers and tourism workers in three hurricane-exposed Caribbean countries — Jamaica, Barbados and Grenada — are left to replace lost boats, crops, livestock and equipment themselves because they lack insurance.
Wildfires in France have caused damage to homes, businesses and forests, and now they threaten to damage the French wine industry.
Record payouts, repeat drought conditions and ageing housing stock are reshaping how property insurers approach renewal risk.
Farmers fear heavy crop losses as drought and white grub attacks dry up and rot sugarcane fields, prompting demands for pest-resistant, drought-tolerant varieties.