News Flash: storms, flu and the joys of February
Find out how your investments might be impacted by these three news stories:
- Dennis and Ciara wreck havoc in the UK
- Investors remain in denial about the potential fallout from Coronavirus
- Mike Bloomberg has entered the 2020 race for the White House with a blank chequebook
Dark and stormyThere has been no let up from February’s appalling weather this week. Flood warnings remain in place across the UK after parts of the country experienced more than a month’s worth of rain in 24 hours. The impact of Storm Dennis is believed to have been particularly bad because the ground was still saturated following Storm Ciara a week earlier. The news and your money Aside from the personal cost of being displaced from your home, losing your car to rising flood waters and missing work, insurers are the most obvious victims of the flooding. Insurance analysts at…