Lessons from Hurricane Michael Being Applied to Ian Recovery in SW Florida October 17, 2022 Four years before Category 4 Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida, the state’s Panhandle had its own encounter with...
FBI: Firm Chaired by Former Florida House Speaker Billed County for Hurricane Cleanup August 16, 2022 A Florida company with a former House speaker as a top executive allegedly charged local government millions of dollars for...
Feds Say Florida Officials Bilked FEMA Out of Hurricane Money November 22, 2019 By Brendan Farrington Two former officials of a Florida city are charged with conspiring with two businesses to bilk the federal government out...
Hurricane Michael Debris Fueling Wildfire in Florida Panhandle April 2, 2019 Nearly two dozen Florida homes have been evacuated because of a 500-acre wildfire that grew rapidly overnight because of downed...
Everest Re Estimates Q4 2018 Catastrophe Losses of $695 Million January 28, 2019 Everest Re Group, Ltd. expects to incur in the fourth quarter 2018 catastrophe losses of $695 million, net of reinsurance,...
Insurance Covered $90B of Natural Disaster Losses in 2018, Leaving 60% Protection Gap January 22, 2019 The economic costs of last year’s 394 natural catastrophe events came to US$225 billion with insurance covering US$90 billion of...
Argo Estimates Losses from Q4 Natural Catastrophes, Other Claims to Hit $44M January 18, 2019 Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, announced a preliminary pre-tax catastrophe loss estimate of $32 million for the...
Multiple Smaller Natural Disasters in 2018 Created ‘Unusual’ Insured Loss Picture: Willis January 16, 2019 Insured loss estimates from major natural catastrophes in 2018 totaled roughly $71.5 billion, the highest since 2011’s annual market losses...
Swiss Re Estimates Its Q4 Natural Catastrophe Claims to Hit US$1.0B January 15, 2019 Swiss Re estimates it will pay claims of approximately $1.0 billion for natural catastrophes booked in the fourth quarter of...
Arch Capital Estimates Q4 2018 Catastrophe Losses Could Total $130M January 11, 2019 Arch Capital Group Ltd. reported an estimated range of fourth quarter pre-tax losses of $110 million to $130 million from...