Southeast Turns to Recovery from Matthew; Reports of Deaths, Rescues, Power Outages October 9, 2016 By Judy Royal Residents of the southeastern United States ravaged by Hurricane Matthew turned their focus on Monday toward recovery and clean-up, but...
Hurricane Matthew More Hype Than Bite So Far But Insurers, Agents Remain on Alert October 7, 2016 By Amy O'Connor While Hurricane Matthew rages along Florida’s coast, with the end potentially still hours away, the insurance industry seems to be...
12 Extreme Weather Events of the Summer of 2016 September 23, 2016 By Seth Borenstein The summer of 2016 has lurched from one extreme weather disaster to another at great cost in lives and damages....
Typhoon Lionrock Makes Landfall in Japan, Bringing Landslides, Floods & Deaths August 31, 2016 With strong winds, drenching rain, high surf, and coastal flooding, Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in the Tohoku region of Japan...
Typhoon Lionrock Expected to Hit Japan’s Tohoku Region, Site of 2011 Tsunami August 29, 2016 By Shin Shoji Typhoon Lionrock is projected to make landfall in Japan Tuesday and is likely to strike the northern Tohoku region, the...
Caribbean Cat Facility, CCRIF, Pays Belize for Excess Rain From Hurricane Earl August 23, 2016 CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) made a pay-out of US$261,073 to the government of Belize as...
Update: Earl Weakens from Hurricane to Tropical Storm as It Crosses Belize August 4, 2016 By Brian K. Sullivan Tropical Storm Earl* will continue to weaken as it crosses Belize after coming ashore early Thursday with drenching rains and...
Update: Tropical Storm Earl Set to Become a Hurricane as It Heads to Belize August 3, 2016 By Angelina Rascouet and Brian K. Sullivan Tropical Storm Earl, forecast to grow into a hurricane, may just graze Mexico’s oil-rich Bay of Campeche as it heads...
Texas Coast Wind Insurer: Position for Hurricane Season Is ‘Strongest-Ever’ June 3, 2016 With its reinsurance program now in place, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) says it is in its strongest-ever position...
Fitch: Florida Specialist Insurers Largely Untested By Hurricanes June 2, 2016 The majority of Florida’s homeowner specialist insurers have brief histories, and their ability to manage a large catastrophic hurricane is...