01-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com

Natural disasters set to cost the world $450bn a year

More than half of losses not covered by insurance as carriers carve out risk and cut exposure

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Disasters to cost world $450bn a year from climate change and development

Insurers pile into deals allowing banks to offload default risk

Berkshire-backed Japanese insurer plots multibillion-dollar deal

The unravelling of Mark Walter

Tokio Marine plots multibillion-dollar deal after Berkshire takes stake

Saudi Arabia holds talks over state-backed war insurance as costs jump

A ‘democratised’ financial crisis is still a crisis

The man selling the Lakers: Mark Walter’s unravelling empire

Mark Walter’s unravelling empire tests the insurance trade behind private credit’s rise

How climate risk is starting to ‘cascade’ into the US economy

Asia’s rising riches protect insurers against China’s policy shifts

Guggenheim loan trades in distressed territory after investor call

Mark Walter sought loan from Apollo backed by Lakers stake

Mark Walter’s empire of assets and liabilities