All the headlines from our Catastrophe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 8 2021 // A California prosecutor has filed 33 criminal charges accusing troubled Pacific Gas & Electric of inadvertently injuring six firefighters and endangering public health with smoke and ash in a 2019 fire blamed on its...
Apr 7 2021 // A 4.0 magnitude earthquake gave the Los Angeles area a jolt before dawn Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The 4:44 a.m. quake was centered in the Inglewood area east of Los Angeles International Airport, said....
Apr 6 2021 // Roughly three dozen pieces of California legislation are directly related to wildfire, and while those bills should hold much interest for the insurance community, there are other bills making their rounds that should draw...
Apr 5 2021 // Oklahoma has reached a $25 million settlement with Farmers Insurance over the company’s handling of earthquake claims, state officials say.Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter and Insurance Commissioner Glen...
Apr 5 2021 // La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. and Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Co., the company has successfully closed a $400...
Apr 5 2021 // Hurricane Delta, which made landfall in southwestern Louisiana in early October 2020 about 11 miles from where the devastating Hurricane Laura hit a little more than a month earlier, cost $2.9 billion in the United States...
Apr 5 2021 // Catastrophe bonds are being hailed as the next frontier for socially responsible investing.Such debt, which insures against natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and pandemics, is gaining traction with...
Apr 5 2021 // Some schools in a county hard-hit by recent storms will remain closed for a couple of weeks as cleanup continues, school officials said. The entire district remained closed, Coweta County Superintendent Evan Horton said...
Apr 1 2021 // Alaska could face “California-style” blackouts as climate change increases the state’s wildfire risk.That’s according to an article this week in the Anchorage Daily News. The article centers on...
Mar 31 2021 // Firefighters have begun to gain control of wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota that have forced the evacuation of more than 400 homes and closed the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.Three separate wildfires were...
Mar 31 2021 // Nearly 10,000 homes were impacted by tornado damage that occurred across Alabama and Georgia last week, according to data from catastrophe modeling firm CoreLogic.The March 25 deadly tornado outbreak occurred thanks to...
Mar 31 2021 // It’s been over a month since a tornado tore through southeastern Brunswick County.In Ocean Ridge Plantation, the neighborhood that bore the brunt of the storm damage, some homeowners remain in limbo. Carol Phillips...
Mar 31 2021 // California’s U.S. senators and nearly two-dozen representatives are asking the Agriculture and Interior departments to transition their agencies to a year-round wildland workforce because blazes are no longer limited...
Mar 31 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it could narrow the scope of a class action lawsuit against TransUnion in which thousands of people sought damages after the credit reporting company flagged their names as...
Mar 31 2021 // State officials in Vermont say they’re ready to assist residents with insurance claims as they cleanup and rebuild following Friday’s tornado, which injured at least two people.The state Department of Financial...
Mar 30 2021 // Three separate wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota have forced evacuations of more than 400 homes northwest of Rapid City and shut down Mount Rushmore, authorities said.A fire that started near Schroeder Road in...
Mar 30 2021 // One person was killed after severe weather, including a tornado, caused damage in several communities in East Texas, authorities said.Widespread destruction across Panola County was reported, including damaged homes and...
Mar 29 2021 // Tornadoes and severe storms tore through the Deep South, killing at least five people as strong winds splintered trees, wrecked homes and downed power lines.Multiple twisters sprang from a “super cell” of...
Mar 29 2021 // A tornado with an estimated wind speed of 110 mph touched down in Vermont on Friday afternoon, injuring at least two people.A statement from the National Weather Service in Burlington, Vermont, says the tornado threw a...
Mar 26 2021 // Alabama Gov. Kay issued a state of emergency yesterday after numerous tornadoes caused damage and deaths across the state.Ivey said on Twitter Friday morning that crews would be out assessing the damage and getting...