While it’s too soon to tally insured loss estimates, Nevada residents who fled nearly 300 homes flooded when a canal’s...
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A ruptured levee sent a frigid “wall of water” from a rain-swollen canal into this high desert town Saturday, Jan....
Damage from an ice storm that hit Kansas in early December pushed the 2007 total to more than $625 million...
Southern California homeowners still struggling to rebuild their lives after last fall’s wildfires are preparing for downpours that could bring...
An editor has some control over the selection of the top stories of the year 2007, but it’s limited. That...
Guy Carpenter greeted the new year with the publication of “Near Misses, Plentiful Reminders: Global Reinsurance Review January 2008,” which...
From storms that flooded the Midwest destroying homes and business in the summer to a court ruling that could have...
The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the...
While 2007 was a surprisingly calm year for hurricanes, that doesn’t mean Mother Nature didn’t have a tantrum or two....
Munich Re’s loss figures for 2007 from natural catastrophes concludes that “despite the general absence of extreme events, overall economic...