All the headlines from our Catastrophe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 11 2020 // Predictive modelers told California regulators on Thursday that the state’s antiquated rules for calculating wildfire risk when setting property insurance rates discourage innovative mitigation measures that could...
Dec 11 2020 // The family of a veteran helicopter pilot who died when his aircraft crashed as he was dropping water over a California wildfire filed suit Wednesday against the companies that designed and maintained the aircraft.Michael...
Dec 10 2020 // A dozen doesn’t sound like a lot, but it may be a record in the world of the California Export List.More items were proposed for the list than in recent memory during a California Department of Insurance hearing...
Dec 9 2020 // An earthquake rattled Wichita, Kan., on Dec. 8 — the fourth earthquake in the area in the last two weeks.The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 3.0, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It struck in the morning in east...
Dec 9 2020 // Property insurance policyholders Louisiana policyholders who need to file hurricane damage claims have an more time than usual to do so under Louisiana law, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance.In a media...
Dec 9 2020 // CFC, a specialist insurance provider specializing in emerging risks, has expanded its suite of terrorism and sabotage insurance products to include standalone active assailant cover.The active assailant policy covers...
Dec 8 2020 // The board of directors of Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and hail for properties along the Texas coast has directed its staff to file a rate increase of 5% for both residential and commercial policies with...
Dec 8 2020 // Want more proof that 2020 will go down as a year we should all try hard to forget about?With some 9 million acres burned in wildfires across Western U.S. this year, and the introduction of a new and terrifying term...
Dec 8 2020 // A coastal city in South Carolina is getting $1.45 million from the federal government to repair damage caused by Hurricane Florence in 2018. The U.S. Department of Commerce is awarding the grant to Georgetown to improve...
Dec 8 2020 // Renters and homeowners in parishes designated for FEMA assistance afterHurricane Delta have until Dec. 16 to register for help, the federal agency said.Federal assistance includes help for temporary housing, rental...
Dec 7 2020 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated several parishes disaster areas as a result of damage and losses caused by Hurricane Laura’s strong winds in late August, according to Louisiana Commissioner...
Dec 7 2020 // Louisiana residents affected by Hurricanes Laura and Delta could be eligible for temporary housing under two federally administered programs.Under the Multifamily Lease and Repair Program, the Federal Emergency Management...
Dec 7 2020 // Pacific Gas & Electric’s household customers will be hit with an average rate increase of 8% to help the once-bankrupt utility pay for improvements designed to reduce the risks that its outdated equipment will...
Dec 4 2020 // Farmers in 21 north and central Louisiana parishes may qualify for low-interest loans to cover losses from Hurricane Laura in August.These are parishes which did not already qualify under President Donald Trump’s...
Dec 4 2020 // Powerful gusts pushed flames from a wildfire through Southern California canyons on Thursday, one of several blazes that burned near homes and forced residents to flee amid elevated fire risk for most of the region that...
Dec 4 2020 // Acquiring home insurance has long been a mundane but necessary chore. In California, for hundreds of thousands of residents, it’s turned into a labyrinthine quest that leaves people with expensive, bare-bones...
Dec 4 2020 // HAVANA/GUATEMALA CITY – Villagers in Guatemala’s Mayan hillside hamlet Sanimtaca had been about to harvest their cardamom crops that take three years to grow when waves of floodwater triggered by two tropical...
Dec 4 2020 // At long last, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has officially ended. The grim statistical tally highlights a dramatic year, the most active in recorded history.This year saw 30 named storms and 13 hurricanes, of which 6...
Dec 3 2020 // Two sizable earthquakes in the North Pacific on Tuesday shook several communities in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska but there were no immediate reports of damage, the Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed.The center reported...
Dec 3 2020 // A record-setting Atlantic hurricane season that saw the highest number of named storms officially came to a close Monday.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season set...