Global Scans · Apocalypse · Weekly Summary

• [New] The $120 million catastrophe bond provides multi-year, capital markets-backed reinsurance protection against Florida named storms risk. Insurance Journal
• Insurance and risk-transfer products: the UK's insurance and reinsurance ecosystem has a strong international reach, anchored by London's role as a global hub for international insurance markets, with established capability across catastrophe modelling, reinsurance, and specialist risk instruments. GOV.UK
• Some of the world's biggest hedge funds and banks want to incorporate the expertise of catastrophe-risk professionals across a broader chunk of the finance sector, as the skills required to model natural disasters become increasingly relevant for asset values in a hotter, more turbulent world. Claims Journal
• Around 73,000 people are classified in IPC AFI Phase 5 (Catastrophe) and are experiencing extreme food consumption gaps associated with starvation, heightened risk of death, and the collapse of livelihoods. Food Security Portal
• The war in Sudan is a humanitarian catastrophe, a source of instability in Africa, and a threat to U.S. national security. genocidewatch
• Until ULA and Blue Origin can confirm that it was not a flaw in the BE - 4 that caused the New Glenn catastrophe, the Vulcan will remain sidelined. Mobile Internet Resource Center
• A key ice shelf is about to disintegrate from Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier - nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because its collapse could raise sea levels by 2.1 feet in the coming centuries, flooding coastal communities worldwide. Live Science
• The Hormuz shock, the Myanmar catastrophe, the SCS's managed-tension equilibrium, and the fiscal stress accumulating in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines are compounding structural vulnerabilities that institutional activity alone cannot resolve. KBA13 INSIGHT
• Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. has completed its Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance Program for the 2026-2027 treaty year, securing a meaningful $5.463 billion of total aggregate reinsurance limit, representing a 65% increase from last year's $3.304 billion. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• While some of the Bermuda executives KBW's analysts met with thought a ~ $100 billion catastrophe loss might stop the softening in reinsurance, others said it might take a financial shock. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• Elon Musk's plan to begin launching one million AI data center satellites into orbit in 2028 could trigger a financial catastrophe, sending SpaceX into a high-speed nosedive, say leading North American space scholars. Forbes
• Elon Musk has vowed to begin launching one million AI data center satellites into orbit in 2028, via the still experimental Starship rocket, in a high-risk plan that could trigger a financial catastrophe, and send SpaceX into a high-speed nosedive. Forbes
• Over the last few year's we have noticed increasing interest in the insurance-linked securities asset class as an investment opportunity from institutions in Latin America and now pensions in Chile have reportedly begun allocating to catastrophe bonds. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• The federal government must act urgently to strengthen Canada's critical transportation infrastructure or risk catastrophe. SenCanada
• Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier is about to lose an ice shelf that protects it from warming ocean waters, which could have devastating long-term consequences for hundreds of millions of people affected by rising sea levels. Live Science
• West Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating sea-level rises. Live Science
• Oligarchs like Praxians, in pursuit of their ambitions, are willing to risk global catastrophe. Unlimited Hangout
• A prolonged Strait of Hormuz crisis could result in a global agri-food catastrophe. CNS Media

Last updated: 02 August 2026