Wildfires, severe convective storms and floods — also known as secondary perils — accounted for a record 92% of total global natural catastrophe insured losses of US$107 billion in 2025, according to Swiss Re Institute. Wildfires set a new loss …
Scientists Burn Homes to Figure out How to Best Protect Them in Wildfires
From 2016 to 2025, wildfires in the U.S. on average burned an area the size of Massachusetts each year—2.6 times the average burn area of