All the headlines from our Catastrophe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 18 2019 // Hot, dry weather in California has resulted in a dramatic increase in wildfires. It will get worse – and you can blame climate change, according to a new report out.The report, Observed impacts of anthropogenic climate...
Jul 18 2019 // Announcing total estimated catastrophe losses for June, Allstate Corporation attributed 60 percent of those losses to four severe wind and hail weather events that primarily impacted Texas.Allstate estimated catastrophe...
Jul 18 2019 // A suspected tornado struck a rural area of north Mississippi on Tuesday, damaging homes and knocking down trees and power lines as the wet remnants of Hurricane Barry rumbled through several states, officials said.A storm...
Jul 17 2019 // Floridians are on alert as the state heads into peak hurricane season after three straight years of being impacted by major storms.Meanwhile, the Florida Panhandle continues its recovery from Hurricane Michael that...
Jul 16 2019 // Catastrophe modeling firm, Karen Clark & Company (KCC), says insured losses from Tropical Storm/Hurricane Barry and its remnants will near $300 million. That figure does not include National Flood Insurance Program...
Jul 16 2019 // Even though Tropical Depression Barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, many across the Gulf Coast were urged to take heed of tornado and flash-flood warnings Monday as the storm moved north.Barry was...
Jul 15 2019 // Two earthquakes shook the Puget Sound region in Washington state early Friday morning, with the temblors felt into British Columbia and across the Cascade Mountains into the eastern part of the state.There were no...
Jul 15 2019 // Few Nevada residents and businesses have earthquake coverage, but insurance officials said they are expecting interest to increase after the two California earthquakes that rattled the region.The magnitude 6.4 and...
Jul 14 2019 // Storm Barry trudged through northwestern Louisiana on Sunday, weakening to a tropical depression but dropping up to 15 inches (38 cm) of rain in some places to create life-threatening flood conditions along the Mississippi...
Jul 12 2019 // In an update issued at 4 p.m., CDT, on July 12, the National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Barry is expected to make landfall as a category 1 hurricane along Louisiana’s central Gulf Coast on July 13.The NHC...
Jul 12 2019 // Most U.S. refiners whose plants are in the path of Tropical Storm Barry took steps on Friday to keep them running, even as forecasters warned that the second named storm of the season could become a hurricane just before...
Jul 12 2019 // Coastal Louisiana felt the first blow from Tropical Storm Barry’s winds early on Friday as the slow-moving tempest was forecast to become the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019 threatening to bring rain and flooding to...
Jul 12 2019 // California lawmakers approved legislation on Thursday to create a $21 billion fund to help utilities in the state pay for claims arising from future wildfires sparked by their equipment, tackling a top issue for the...
Jul 12 2019 // The recent earthquakes that pummeled neighborhoods in Ridgecrest and Trona in Southern California have led to reports that some insurers and agents may be declining to write earthquake policies in various areas of the...
Jul 11 2019 // Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico and could strike Louisiana as a hurricane Saturday, causing almost $1 billion in damage and worsening flooding in New Orleans.The system, which was about 95 miles (153...
Jul 10 2019 // New figures show that more than 600 homes, businesses and government buildings were damaged by a tornado that tore through Missouri’s capital city earlier this year.A report released jointly by Jefferson City and...
Jul 10 2019 // PG&E Corp. was ordered by a federal judge overseeing its probation to respond to a Wall Street Journal story claiming the utility knew its power lines could cause wildfires and failed to perform upgrades.PG&E...
Jul 10 2019 // Missouri insurance regulators say insured losses following May tornadoes in that state are predicted to reach $139 million or more.Tornadoes ravaged several areas of the state in May, including Missouri’s capitol...
Jul 10 2019 // Utility giants PG&E Corp. and Edison International are one step closer to getting California’s help in covering the costs of increasingly catastrophic wildfires that their equipment keeps igniting.The state...
Jul 10 2019 // Twenty-five years ago, the Lloyd’s of London marketplace was teetering on the brink of insolvency, reeling from billions of dollars of asbestos and pollution liabilities. Many of the best brains in the market worked...