Sebastian Pinera’s inauguration as Chile’s new president was accompanied by a blunt reminder of the peril the country faces from...
Disaster (Flood,Coastal,EQ,W-Fire,etc.) News
Swiss Re released its preliminary estimates for losses from the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile on February 27 –...
Last month’s huge earthquake in Chile might cost the insurance industry up to $7 billion in damage claims, the world’s...
Two House subcommittees have scheduled a joint hearing today on ways to address homeowners insurance costs in disaster-prone communities, an...
Salina, Kan., city officials said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new floodplain map is just plain wrong and they...
Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd has issued preliminary estimates of expected claims from the earthquake in Chile and European Windstorm Xynthia. Total...
Floods caused by heavy rains have cut off several townships in Australia’s northeastern Queensland state and caused hundreds of millions...
Chances remain high for major spring flooding in some Minnesota cities along rivers as a heavy winter snowpack melts, the...
Boston-based risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimated that the insured losses from the winter storm that struck the East Coast...
An earthquake, initially measured at magnitude 6.0, struck eastern Turkey early this morning, March 8, centered in the Province of...