EU urged to create €10bn-€65bn fund for natural and climate disasters
Insurance gap grows as only ‘a fraction’ of losses are covered
Insurance gap grows as only ‘a fraction’ of losses are covered

Industry is exposing itself to steepening losses on natural catastrophe cover

Of the €7.1bn awarded from the bloc’s flagship innovation programme for clean tech, only 5% has been paid out

Fund warns about lack of progress in repairing budgets as Middle East war strains public finances

Excessive spending to cushion soaring prices would have ‘serious fiscal implications’, says economy commissioner

While problems with the financing source are emerging, the region needs to diversify from bank funding

Fires have destroyed more European land this year than since records began