All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 16 2025 // Swiss Re AG’s profit rose in the first quarter as losses from the California wildfires were offset by positive performance across the business.Net income increased to $1.3 billion from $1.1 billion a year earlier,...
May 16 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Cotality.There’s a blurry line between where a wildfire ends and a conflagration begins. But, without an understanding of both types of fires, their dynamics, and their...
May 15 2025 // Tampa-based Slide Insurance announced it has finalized a $250 million catastrophe bond through Purple Re Ltd., expanding Slide’s hurricane protection in Florida and South Carolina.“Securing cat bonds over the...
May 15 2025 // A technological glitch caused an emergency alert to be mistakenly sent to millions of Los Angeles County residents in January rather than only those in the proximity of a wildfire, according to a congressional report.The...
May 13 2025 // Germany’s largest reinsurers, Munich Re and Hannover Re, reported sharp declines in first-quarter profit on Tuesday after a combined 1.7 billion euros ($1.89 billion) in claims relating to the Los Angeles wildfires...
May 13 2025 // The family of a helicopter pilot who died when his helicopter crashed while fighting a wildfire in Southern California reached a $15 million settlement with the company that maintained the aircraft, their attorneys...
May 12 2025 // Tornadoes, strong winds and flash flooding hit parts of north Florida and Alabama over the weekend, damaging dozens of homes and commercial and farm structures, weather and local news sites reported. In the Florida...
May 12 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake in Tennessee woke up families and rattled homes as far away as Atlanta as it spread tremors across portions of the southern U.S. on Saturday morning. No injuries or major damage...
May 6 2025 // The National Hurricane Center‘s forecasts in 2024 were its most accurate on record, from its one-day forecasts, as tropical cyclones neared the coast, to its forecasts five days into the future, when storms were only...
May 6 2025 // Insurtech Lemonade reported a first quarter 2025 net loss of about $62.4 million compared to a loss of $47.3 million a year ago during the same time.The decline, according to a letter to shareholders, was due primarily to...
May 5 2025 // Years had passed since Hurricane Harvey’s howling winds and heavy rains tore apart Dan Lee’s century-old roof in West Columbia, south of Houston. Then came the knock on his door.It was Mosaic in Action, a...
May 5 2025 // The Travelers Cos. said first-quarter 2025 fell 65% on an underwriting loss of $305 million.Travelers posted first-quarter net income of about $395 million compared to about $1.1 billion during Q1 2024. The underwriting...
May 5 2025 // The high cost of living remains a main concern in America’s largest exacerbated by the January wildfires is one of the biggest worries bothering residents of Los Angeles County.A survey focused on the county, the...
May 5 2025 // Gov. Gavin Newsom signed new legislation on Monday that will provide more than $170 million in state funding to help prevent wildfires while signing an order aimed at speeding up the work by easing environmental...
May 2 2025 // Hawaii lawmakers this week passed a bill intended to help shore up Hawaiian Electric Co.’s credit rating despite strong opposition from House and Senate committee chairs who helped vet the measure.The bill would...
May 1 2025 // First quarter underwriting income in AIG’s General Insurance segment dropped 59% compared to last year, to $243 million.The unit—North America commercial, International commercial, and global personal—recorded...
Apr 30 2025 // A California Assembly committee advanced a bill designed to deal with the state’s wildfire and insurance crises.The California Safe Homes Act, Assembly Bill 888, passed out of the Assembly Insurance Committee on a...
Apr 30 2025 // Edison International beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, as the utility benefited from lower operating and interest expenses and higher rates for its services.Lower interest rates reduce...
Apr 30 2025 // Arch Capital’s first-quarter profit fell 49.2% as catastrophe losses from the California wildfires weighed on its underwriting performance and investment returns, the insurer said on Tuesday.The results mirror those...
Apr 30 2025 // The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is returning to the municipal bond market with a $1 billion offering, roughly three months after shelving a sale in the immediate wake of historic wildfires that began burning...