Puerto Rico News

Highway Deaths Lowest Since 1950

Highway deaths fell to 33,808 in the U.S. for the year 2009, the lowest number since 1950. The decline in traffic fatalities occurred even while estimated vehicle miles traveled in 2009 increased by 0.2 percent over 2008 levels, according to …

Tropical Storm Hermine Slams into Northeastern Mexico

Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex’s visit in June. Hermine, the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was expected to weaken …

Aon Monthly Cat Recap Highlights Asia Floods, Atlantic Storms

Aon Benfield’s latest release of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which provides an analysis of global natural perils in August, reports the month was “dominated by historic floods in Pakistan destroying over 1.25 million homes, a massive landslide in China …

AIR Puts Caribbean Islands Earl Insured Losses at $50 to $150 Million

AIR Worldwide has given preliminary estimates that insured losses from Hurricane Earl’s passage near the northern Leeward Islands earlier this week are between $50 million and $150 million. AIR said the “estimate includes wind damage to insured onshore properties in …

FEMA, East Coast States Ready for Earl

As Hurricane Earl prepares to approach North Carolina tonight, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it is preparing for the storm and supporting state and local officials along the East Coast as they work to protect their communities. FEMA …

Hurricane Earl Weakens Slightly; Churns Toward East Coast

Visitors and some residents evacuated from low-lying vacation islands off the North Carolina coast Wednesday as Hurricane Earl bore down on the U.S. eastern seaboard, churning up dangerous swells. Earl, still a major Category 3 hurricane, weakened slightly overnight but …

East Coast Advised to Keep Eye on Category 4 Hurricane Earl

Hurricane Earl, now a Category 4 storm, moved away from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands this morning, continuing on a track that could bring it close to the East Coast later this week, possibly Thursday. The National Hurricane Center …

Earl Now Major Hurricane, Headed Toward East Coast

Hurricane Earl has strengthened into a major Category 3 storm Monday and could arrive off the East Coast of the U.S. by the end of this week. It is currently rocking the Caribbean’s Northern Leeward Islands. The National Hurricane Center …

Danielle Again a Category 2 Hurricane; TS Earl Forms in Atlantic

Hurricane Danielle has recovered some strength, and is once again a “category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale,” according to the most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami at 11:00 a.m. AST. The storm is …

Oklahoma Implements Web-Based System to Help Regulate Insurance

The Oklahoma Department of Insurance announced it is expanding its use of the Web-based State Based Systems (SBS) to improve back-office processing of insurance regulation. SBS is a solid, web-based solution that supports all aspects of insurance regulation via a …