Swiss Re’s UKI CEO on lessons learned from Storm Eowyn
Jason Richards, CEO of property and casualty reinsurance for the UK & Ireland at Swiss Re, counts the cost of the chaos caused by Storm Éowyn and argues the insurance industry and the UK government needs to work together to improve current properties and building regulations.
Storm Éowyn hit the UK and Ireland on 24 January, leaving more than a million homes without power and causing two people to tragically lose their lives.
Having been classified by meteorologists as a
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