Gautam Naik

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  • A large pile of debris and damaged household items is stacked in front of a suburban home, with the garage door open and more items visible inside. The pile includes broken furniture, drywall, and other household materials, the result of Tropical Storm Debby in Florida. The sky is clear with some clouds, and palm trees are visible in the background.Environment

    Natural disasters to cost insurers $151 billion per year

    By Gautam Naik and Bloomberg
  • woman looks at debris on a beachFinance

    Hurricane Beryl didn’t trigger a catastrophe bond, delivering a big win for investors

    By Greg Ritchie, Gautam Naik, and others
  • Greg AbbottFinance

    One group of investors is set to make a 14% return after the most severe hurricane season in decades

    By Gautam Naik and Bloomberg
  • Damaged property after hurricaneFinance

    An extremely high-risk, high-reward corner of the bond market is seeing volume soar to record levels

    By Gautam Naik and Bloomberg
  • 22 August 2022, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: The Frankfurt skyline, photographed from the roof of the Frankfurt School Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa (Photo by Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images)Finance

    Greener buildings gain in value, others face ‘huge problems’ as environmental rules loom over property market

    By Frances Schwartzkopff, Gautam Naik, and others
  • WildfireFinance

    The world being on fire is swelling ‘catastrophe bonds’ to a record $45 billion—and it’s a key hedge fund strategy

    By Sheryl Tian Tong Lee, Gautam Naik, and others
  • Artificial intelligence and Automated machine learning language blue digital user interface with businessman hand background. Cybersecurity computer vision metaverse twin drive business industrial.Tech

    ESG fund managers who bet big on tech are worried about blowback from ‘AI systems going rogue’—and talking about a ‘kill switch’

    By Gautam Naik, Saijel Kishan, and others