All the headlines from our Catastrophe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 12 2025 // Jamaica has invested tens of millions of dollars in bolstering coastal defenses by planting mangroves, building seawalls and strengthening urban infrastructure. It wasn’t close to enough to withstand Hurricane...
Nov 10 2025 // A wildfire that swept across thousands of hectares of New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park appears to be coming under control, officials said. Residents are being allowed back into the area following an earlier...
Nov 10 2025 // Typhoon Fung-Wong is forecast to swing toward Taiwan after the powerful storm struck the Philippines’ northeast late on Sunday, causing widespread flooding and the suspension of government operations.The cyclone —...
Nov 10 2025 // A rare thing is about to happen in the $55 billion market for catastrophe bonds: a trigger event will wipe out 100% of a bond’s principal.Jamaica’s $150 million cat bond has been the subject of controversy...
Nov 7 2025 // Investors in Jamaica’s catastrophe bond now face a 100% payout after Hurricane Melissa set off a full trigger event, according to the World Bank.Jamaica’s $150 million cat bond, which was arranged by the World...
Nov 6 2025 // A few of the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in January are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to call for the resignation of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara over reforms Lara pushed that were designed...
Nov 6 2025 // Catastrophe modeling company KCC estimates that privately insured losses from Hurricane Melissa will hit $2.4 billion.This estimate includes insured damages to residential, commercial, and industrial properties in Jamaica...
Nov 6 2025 // Zurich Insurance does not expect any material financial losses from claims related to Hurricane Melissa, the insurer’s finance chief Claudia Cordioli said on Thursday.“A large number of members of those...
Nov 6 2025 // Hurricane Melissa became the most powerful storm on record to strike Jamaica in part because of water made hotter and air made wetter by global warming, a new analysis has found.The storm was also one of the strongest to...
Nov 5 2025 // Two 20-year-old men who had acquired high-powered weapons and practiced at gun ranges were scouting LGBTQ+ bars in suburban Detroit in September for a possible Halloween attack, authorities said Monday in filing...
Nov 5 2025 // Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 116 people in the Philippines, becoming the deadliest storm to hit the Southeast Asian nation in a year, with dozens more missing.The typhoon, locally known as Tino, also displaced more...
Nov 4 2025 // The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) announced it will make a payout of US$70.8 million to the government of Jamaica to cover damages from Hurricane Melissa.This marks the largest single payout in the...
Nov 4 2025 // Typhoon Kalmaegi killed 21 people and displaced nearly 400,000 more as it dumped heavy rains and caused widespread flooding in central Philippines, according to officials and local media.Many of the fatalities were in Cebu...
Nov 4 2025 // CNA Financial Corp. recorded third quarter net income of $403 million compared with $283 million a year during the same period.Pretax catastrophe losses were $41 million for Q3, down more than $100 million from the prior...
Nov 3 2025 // Insured losses from Hurricane Melissa’s strike on Jamaica are expected to range between $2.2 billion and $4.2 billion, according to estimates from data analytics firm Verisk.The Category 5 hurricane made landfall in...
Nov 3 2025 // Jamaica’s catastrophe bond has now triggered as a result of the fallout from Hurricane Melissa, the government said.“Over the next few weeks we’ll get more details into what the payout is,” Dana...
Oct 31 2025 // Thick smoke blanketed a rural community in southern Texas and many residents were ordered to evacuate as firefighters worked to contain a blaze Wednesday evening, officials said.The Mill Fire in Gregory, Texas, about 150...
Oct 31 2025 // Hurricane Melissa is forecast to dissipate in the Atlantic Ocean next week, bringing wet and windy weather to northern Europe after wrecking havoc across the Caribbean.The record-setting storm left a trail of destruction...
Oct 31 2025 // As Hurricane Melissa sweeps past Bermuda, new satellite data of Jamaica has revealed devastation for tourist center Montego Bay and much of the Western part of the country.At least 40% of the buildings and roads in the...
Oct 30 2025 // Monrovia, CA ., Oct 30, 2025 – In a notable victory against challenging market conditions, the specialized underwriting team at Greenwood General Insurance Agency successfully placed a complex property insurance policy...