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#1 Lemonade Posts Q1 Loss on Wildfires, Spending; Auto Product Positioned to Grow

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...

#2 AIG Q1 Underwriting Income More Than Halved on Wildfire Losses

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...

#3 4.1 Magnitude Tennessee Earthquake Rattles Homes as Far Away as Atlanta

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...

#4 New Jersey Wildfire 75% Contained; Crews to Remain on Scene Until ‘Significant’ Rain

Apr 29 2025 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported continued progress in fighting the Jones River wildfire, with the fire being 75% contained by noon on Monday, April 28.Officials said crews will remain on the scene for the next...

#5 Bill to Address California Wildfire And Insurance Crises Moving Through Legislature

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...

#6 APCIA: Record Shows ‘Minimal Complaints’ on Hurricane Milton, Helene Claims

May 20 2025 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) chimed in to a recent Senate subcommittee hearing to defend the industry’s response to claims following hurricanes Milton and Helene.“The vast...

#7 Hurricane Forecasts Are Better Than Ever But NOAA Cuts Could Change That

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...

#8 More Tornadoes, Fewer Meteorologists Make for a Dangerous Mix

May 27 2025 // As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode.The agency’s office in Jackson, Kentucky, had begun closing nightly as deep cuts by Elon Musk’s...

#9 Severe Weather Outbreak Threatens Central US With Tornadoes and Large Hail

Apr 28 2025 // A multi-day severe weather outbreak is expected to bring heavy thunderstorms, large hail and the threat of tornadoes across the central U.S.Parts of the Upper Midwest – particularly southern and western Minnesota and...

#10 New Jersey’s Jones Road Wildfire Now 65% Contained

Apr 28 2025 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has continued to make progress fighting the Jones River wildfire. The service reported the fire was 65% contained by Sunday morning April 27.However, the service repeated a warning from...

#11 Storms, Tornadoes Hit Kentucky and St. Louis as More Weather Approaches

May 19 2025 // More severe storms were expected to roll across the central U.S. this week following the weather-related deaths of more than two dozen people and a devastating Kentucky tornado.The National Weather Service said a...

#12 Missouri DCI Estimates High Uninsured Rates in St. Louis Amidst Tornado Recovery

May 23 2025 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance released preliminary uninsured estimates for properties in the St. Louis in response to the F3 tornado that struck the region on Friday, May 16.DCI Department Director...

#13 Slide Secures $250M Cat Bond as Hurricane Season Looms

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...

#14 Family of Helicopter Pilot Killed in California Wildfire Reaches $15M Settlement

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...

#15 Tornadoes, Winds, Rain Hit Florida Panhandle and Parts of Alabama

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...

#16 Travelers Income Drops 65% on Catastrophe Losses, Primarily California Wildfires

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...

#17 While FEMA Faces Overhaul, Mississippi Tornado Survivors Wait for Assistance

May 22 2025 // More than two months after a tornado demolished his Mississippi home, Brian Lowery still sifts through the rubble, hoping to find a tie clip his mother gave him, made from the center stone of her wedding band.“I...

#18 Arch Capital’s First-Quarter Profit Halves on LA Wildfire Losses

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...

#19 Get Ready for Another Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season

May 22 2025 // With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don’t think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record...

#20 More Tornadoes Plow Through Central US, Leaving Thousands Without Power

May 20 2025 // More tornadoes plowed through the central U.S. on Monday and thousands were without power as people from Texas to Kentucky continued to clean up from days of severe weather that killed more than two dozen people and...