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Cuomo Says Terror Threat Spurs Higher Security Presence in N.Y. Region
Sep 24 2014 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the metropolitan area remains under threat of terrorist attack, and that commuters will see an increased security presence in the city and at transit points as a result. Cuomo and New...
U.S. Jury Finds Arab Bank Liable Under Terrorist Financing Law
Sep 23 2014 // A U.S. jury on Monday found Arab Bank Plc liable for providing material support to Hamas and said it must compensate victims of two dozen attacks attributed to the Islamic militant group in Israel and the Palestinian...
Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Recorded in Oklahoma
Sep 22 2014 // The U.S. Geological Survey has reported a magnitude 4.0 earthquake near Medford, Okla. The earthquake happened shortly after 8:30 p.m. about 20 miles east of Enid and 17 miles southeast of Medford. A Grant County...
Duperreault, Reardon and Deutsch Lead Hamilton Re into the ‘Data Analytics’ Future
Sep 22 2014 // If you’re going to successfully operate a relatively new reinsurance company in these troubled times, you better know what you’re doing. Fortunately Bermuda-based Hamilton Re would seem to pass muster. Firstly,...
California Wildfire Concerns Include Hotter Temperatures, Erratic Winds
Sep 22 2014 // Crews battling a huge Northern California wildfire are bracing for hotter temperatures and erratic winds. Fire spokesman Ryan Lubben says cooler, wet weather that helped firefighters over the weekend were expected to give...
Washington Saw 567 Square Miles Burned by Wildfires
Sep 22 2014 // Wildfires this summer in Washington have burned about 567 square miles. Last year wildfires burned about 156 square miles in the state. State Forester Aaron Everett said this year’s scorched acreage is about six...
Once Again, Texas Lawmakers Asked to Do Something about Windstorm Insurer
Sep 22 2014 // What to do about Texas’ wind insurer of last resort? That’s the question being asked again of Texas lawmakers in advance of the coming legislative session. In a surprise visit to a Senate Business &...
Treasury Hasn’t Determined Boston Bombing Was ‘Act of Terrorism’ Under TRIA
Sep 19 2014 // A U.S. Treasury Department spokesperson last week provided a statement to Boston news outlets that said “The Secretary has not determined that there has been an ‘act of terrorism’ under the Terrorism Risk...
Explosive Growth From California Wildfire Threatens Homes
Sep 19 2014 // An out-of-control wildfire that was threatening more than 2,000 homes in Northern California showed explosive growth, consuming tens of thousands of additional acres, fire officials said Thursday. The fire east of...
How South Carolina Has Changed Disaster Plans in 25 Years Since Hurricane Hugo
Sep 19 2014 // This weekend’s 25th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo offers South Carolina residents the chance to remember the devastation wrought by their worst storm in the past century – and to be ready in case another such...
California Governor Signs Bill Earthquake Insurance Information Bill
Sep 18 2014 // Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 2064, a bill aimed at changing the way Californians learn about earthquake insurance for their homes. Under California law, insurers that sell residential property insurance also...
NOAA Hopes Drones Get Data from Hurricane Edouard
Sep 18 2014 // U.S. government scientists are launching winged drones into Hurricane Edouard, hoping to collect data that could help forecasters understand what makes some storms strengthen into monsters while others fade away. This...
Building Stronger, Other Lessons from Hurricane Ivan at 10th Anniversary
Sep 18 2014 // This week marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Ivan, one of the costliest tropical storms to ever hit the U.S. Ivan came ashore near Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Sept. 16, 2004, as a Category 3 storm. The storm also...
Tropical Storm Polo Follows Odile Track to Blast Baja California
Sep 18 2014 // Tropical Storm Polo, the 16th storm of an unusually active eastern Pacific hurricane season, is on a path eerily like that of Odile, which blasted the Baja California peninsula earlier this week. Odile went ashore late...
Tropical Storm Polo Could Grow to Hurricane Off Mexico Coast
Sep 16 2014 // Tropical storm Polo could become a hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Thursday the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning Polo was about 275 miles (440km) south of...
100 Homes Destroyed by Northern California Wildfire
Sep 16 2014 // A wind-driven fire cut through a small California town near the Oregon border on Monday damaging or destroying 100 homes and prompting evacuation orders for at least 1,500 people, authorities said. The town near the base...
Hurricane Odile Brings Storm Surge, Flooding to Mexican Peninsula
Sep 15 2014 // Hurricane Odile, the strongest to hit Baja California Sur in decades, weakened slightly as it battered the Mexican peninsula with high winds and rain. Odile went ashore near the resort city of Cabo San Lucas at about 10:45...
Typhoon Kalmaegi Approaches Hong Kong
Sep 15 2014 // Hong Kong issued its third-highest storm signal for the first time this year as Severe Typhoon Kalmaegi sweeps past China’s financial center. The Hong Kong Observatory raised the No. 8 Storm Signal at 10:30 p.m....
Texas Windstorm Insurer to Offer $500M of Unrated Debt: Muni Deals
Sep 15 2014 // Texas Windstorm Insurance Association this week is offering $500 million in unrated municipal debt as the Austin-based group girds for the hurricane season through November. The association, created by the Texas...
Mexico Issues Hurricane Warning as Odile Strikes
Sep 15 2014 // Mexico issued a hurricane warning for parts of Baja California as Odile struck the resort area of Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip of the peninsula. Mexico declared a red alert along the coastline as well as the mainland...
