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The Marsh Risk Brief: Flood resilience

Flood risk resilience

The Marsh Risk Brief, is a concise and insightful podcast series designed for risk management professionals and organizations navigating the complexities of today's ever-evolving landscape. Each short episode delivers a key snapshot of critical topics that matter most to our clients.

In our ninth episode, Beth Thurston, hosts a discussion with Paul Bryant, and Callum Ellis about rising UK flood risks — why they're increasing, how they drive higher claims and costs, and practical steps businesses can take to protect insurance cover, control costs, and speed recovery.

Tune in to explore flood risks and resilience strategies in our latest episode of The Marsh Risk Brief!

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Key Takeaways:

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Flood risk in the UK is rising

driven by river, coastal and increasingly by surface-water (flash) flooding—creating both direct property damage and wider system-level impacts (infrastructure, access, supply chains).

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Climate change and rising construction/supply costs

are increasing the frequency and severity of claims and driving higher repair and business-interruption costs, threatening future insurability and policy terms.

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Practical actions

speed recovery, control costs, and help protect insurance programs.

About our speakers:

Paul Bryant

Head of Claims, Marsh UK

  • United Kingdom

Paul leads the delivery of the claims proposition, ensuring a consistently high service for clients. He partners closely with clients, insurers and loss adjusters to help manage complex property and business-interruption claims, driving timely, cost-effective outcomes and supporting rapid business recovery.

Callum Ellis

Head of Climate and Sustainability, Marsh

  • United Kingdom

Callum Ellis is the Head of Climate and Sustainability within Marsh’s Climate Resilience & Strategy Practice. In this global role, he is the technical subject matter expert for climate risk modeling, supporting Marsh’s clients with understanding, quantifying, and reporting on their climate exposures. Alongside modeling, he often works with clients to identify operational resilience measures to help mitigate potential future climate risk. He also co-leads Marsh’s Center of Excellence for climate risk, heading a dedicated team of climate practitioners.

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