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Long Recovery Ahead for Swath of Central US Hit by Deadly Tornadoes

Mar 18 2024 // LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Residents in a swath of the central U.S. hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing damage and helping neighbors on Saturday. But it will be a long recovery from the storms that ripped...

Texas Firefighters Completely Contain Panhandle Wildfire

Mar 18 2024 // LUBBOCK — Firefighters have completely contained the Smokehouse Creek fire in Hutchinson County after a nearly three-week battle with what quickly became the largest wildfire in Texas history. That inferno and a series...

AccuWeather Warns of ‘Super-Charged’ 2024 Hurricane Season

Mar 18 2024 // AccuWeather experts warn that the return La Nina and historically warm water across the Atlantic Ocean could contribute to a “super-charged” hurricane season in 2024. AccuWeather long-range forecasters say that...

Southern California Edison to Pay $80M to US Over 2017 Wildfire

Mar 18 2024 // Southern California Edison agreed to pay the United States $80 million to cover costs and damages incurred by the U.S. Forest Service from the 2017 Thomas wildfire in California’s Los Padres National Forecast, the...

Allstate’s Florida Company Defends 54% Condo Rate Hike. Blames Reinsurance, Hurricane, Rapid Growth

Mar 18 2024 // When Allstate’s Florida unit, Castle Key Indemnity Co., entered the surging condominium insurance market in 2020, it looked like it had made a smart bet: Within two years, the carrier had added no fewer than 123,000...

Hamilton Insurance Group Sponsors Catastrophe Bond Easton Re

Mar 15 2024 // Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, announced the sponsorship of a new catastrophe bond through the issuance of Series 2024-1 notes by Easton Re Ltd. Easton Re will provide the company’s...

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