From Wildfires to Sally to China Floods, September Was a Disastrous Month October 9, 2020 Third quarters are often the costliest of the year in terms natural disasters. Insurance broker Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap...
Insurer Impact from Sally Expected to be Moderate; Losses Estimated at $1B to $3B September 23, 2020 By Amy O'Connor Insured losses from Hurricane Sally could reach as much as $3 billion, according to catastrophe modelers, but ratings agency Moody’s...
Hurricane Sally Adds to Mounting Losses in Historic Gulf Coast Storm Season September 21, 2020 By Angie Wang and Jay Reeves Hundreds of thousands of people were without power Friday along the Alabama coast and the Florida Panhandle in the aftermath...
NFIP’s Flood Losses Expected to Be ‘Significant’ from Hurricane Sally: AM Best September 18, 2020 Hurricane Sally is not expected to cause a major insurance loss – compared to events such as the ongoing wildfires...
Using Building Codes and Property Characteristics to Keep up With 2020 Hurricane Season September 18, 2020 By Saumi Shokraee, Tom Jeffery, Senior Hazard Scientist, Tom Larsen, Daniel Betten, Principal Research Scientist, Curtis McDonald and David Smith, Senior Leader, Science and Analytics Group This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Though the COVID-19 pandemic is occupying most of our attention...
Number of Landfalls of Big U.S. Storms Could Break 1916 Record September 18, 2020 By Will Wade Hurricane Sally’s historic flooding of Florida and Alabama this week marked the eighth named storm to strike the continental U.S....
After Hurricane Sally, Assessment of Extensive Flood Damage Begins September 18, 2020 By Devika Krishna Kumar and Jennifer Hiller GULF SHORES, Ala./HOUSTON – As an Alabama resident, Toby Wallace has seen his fair share of hurricane damage working for...
Update: Rains from Remnants of Hurricane Sally Wreak Havoc on Southeast States September 17, 2020 By Devika Krishna Kumar and Catherine Koppel GULF SHORES, Ala., Sept 17 – 06:00 PM – The remnants of Hurricane Sally dumped more than a foot of...
Slowness, Not Speed, of Hurricanes Like Sally Becoming Major Concern September 17, 2020 By Jennifer Hiller and Devika Krishna Kumar For Grant Saltz, who runs a barbecue restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, what struck him about Hurricane Sally was its steady,...
Oil Industry Begins Cleaning Up, Restarting Gulf Operations After Hurricane Sally September 17, 2020 By Erwin Seba Storm-tossed U.S. offshore energy producers and exporters began clearing debris on Thursday from Hurricane Sally and booting up idle Gulf...