‘The Phones Started Ringing Right Away’: Cat Modeling Pioneer Karen Clark Recalls Hurricane Andrew June 1, 2022 By Chad Hemenway At the start of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, Insurance Journal spoke with Karen Clark, founder of two catastrophe modeling...
Swiss Re: Miami Is More Vulnerable to Hurricanes Like Andrew August 10, 2017 By Jennifer Kay Almost 25 years have passed since a Category 5 hurricane struck south of Miami, and the city’s vulnerability to catastrophic...
A.M. Best: Reinsurance Sector Faces New Reality Shaped by Abundant Capacity September 3, 2015 The reinsurance market is operating in a new reality of abundant capacity from traditional and alternative sources, low interest rates...
Historical U.S. Hurricanes: What If They Struck Today? August 21, 2012 There have been 28 storms in U.S. history since 1900 which if they were happen today would each cause $10...
Florida City Doubles in Size Since Hurricane Andrew May 30, 2012 By Jennifer Kay The havoc wreaked by Hurricane Andrew in Homestead, Florida two decades ago still serves as a warning about the devastation...
Forecasters Examine Hurricane Andrew’s Legacy May 18, 2012 By Jennifer Kay The ability to predict how bad a storm will be has eluded forecasters since Hurricane Andrew made a catastrophic landfall...
Hurricane Andrew Remembered at Storm Conference May 17, 2012 Florida’s emergency managers are preparing for the upcoming tropical storm season by reexamining the lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew. This...