wind and hail damage News

FORTIFIED Home-High Wind, Hail Programs Launched at National Tornado Summit

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) launched its new FORTIFIED Home–High Wind and Hail programs at the National Tornado Summit in Oklahoma. The programs are designed to help homeowners build safer, stronger new homes, and retrofit or …

CoreLogic Releases Property Risk Assessment Platform

CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, has released RCT Express 4.2, an expanded property risk assessment platform offering the insurance industry a fully-integrated and complete view of property risk that includes comprehensive building and contents valuation …

Texas Weather Catastrophes Cause $2.3 Billion Losses in 2012

Texas recorded seven catastrophic weather events in 2012 that resulted in $2.3 billion in insured losses, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. The Dallas/Fort Worth area received the brunt of the damage from tornadoes and hail storms that occurred in …