FEMA Officials Arrested on Fraud Charges Linked to Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria Aid September 11, 2019 By Michael Deibert Federal Emergency Management Agency officials who oversaw the reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and the former president of Cobra...
Small Businesses Learn Hard Lessons When They Don’t Prepare for Disaster August 2, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg When Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico in September 2017, Carlos Melendez couldn’t contact the staffers or customers of his San...
Puerto Rico Reforms Claims, Surplus Lines, Other Insurance Laws November 29, 2018 By Danica Coto The governor of Puerto Rico overhauled the U.S. territory’s insurance laws on Tuesday to help protect policyholders as thousands of...
Insurers Under Scrutiny in Puerto Rico with 13,600 Hurricane Maria Claims Still Open October 25, 2018 By Danica Coto Thousands of Puerto Ricans have been forced to drain their savings, close their businesses, or resign themselves to living with...
Puerto Rico’s Small Businesses Were Underinsured for Maria Damages September 28, 2018 Only a tiny fraction of small businesses in Puerto Rico was fully insured for losses arising from last year’s Hurricane...
Judge Says FEMA Can End Motel Payments for Hurricane Maria Evacuees August 30, 2018 A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request to block the U.S. government from cutting off aid to hundreds of...
Puerto Rico Governor Orders Review of Hurricane Death Count February 26, 2018 By Danica Coto Puerto Rico’s governor has announced that a team of experts at George Washington University will lead an independent, in-depth review...
United Nations Assessing Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico December 14, 2017 By Danica Coto A United Nations expert on extreme poverty and human rights met Monday with hurricane victims in Puerto Rico as complaints...
As Puerto Rico Struggles to Recover from Maria, Burst Dam Brings More Suffering September 25, 2017 In San Juan, it was as if Hurricane Maria left everyone to fend for themselves. Two days after Maria hit,...
Storm Watch Issued for North Carolina as Puerto Rico, Markets Weigh Maria’s Economic Costs September 24, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Storm watches have been issued for North Carolina as the U.S. is threatened by a hurricane for the fourth time...