German insurers upgrading models to include flash floods

Adrian LadburyApril 8, 2024
Flooding in Brake, Germany - July 14, 2021: a vehicle of the water police drives through the railroad underpass flooded after a cloudburst - water splashes
Flooding in Brake, Germany. Credit: Shutterstock/Heide Pinkall

German insurers are working to take flash floods into account within their risk models.

“The July 2021 flood in particular showed that previous flood simulations do not depict flash floods accurately enough. In narrow moun...

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Adrian LadburyApril 8, 2024
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