The most viewed headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page over the last year.
Jul 14 2025 // Colorado State University’s hurricane research team, perhaps the best-known and most-often quoted forecasting service, last week revised its prediction for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season downward slightly – to...
Feb 13 2025 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it needs to borrow $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury to cover claims from National Flood Insurance Program policyholders.FEMA, administrator of NFIP, said it expects to pay out...
Aug 4 2025 // Colorado State University’s hurricane research team, perhaps the best-known and most-often quoted forecasting service, in early July revised its prediction for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season downward slightly...
Feb 5 2025 // USAA has paid out more than $1 billion for the Los Angeles wildfires, making it the third insurer to report $1 billion or more in payouts for the destructive blazes that burned thousands of properties.The company, which is...
Feb 11 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a California FAIR Plan request for a $1 billion assessment on admitted market insurers to cover claims from the Los Angeles wildfires.The FAIR Plan reported it has...
Jun 30 2025 // Two more property insurers have put their toes in the Florida market this summer, bringing to 14 the number of new carriers in the state since 2023. It’s another sign that legislative discouragement of claims...
Jun 6 2025 // Some homeowners who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires have filed lawsuits against three large insurers over claims payouts they say didn’t cover their losses.The lawsuits were filed in Los Angeles County...
Jun 3 2025 // Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with...
Feb 7 2025 // Before a wildfire ravaged their street in northwest Altadena, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson lived next door to each other in nearly identical houses.“I chose an old home in an old neighborhood because it has...
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...
Jun 12 2025 // The Trump administration is increasingly skipping a form of federal disaster aid that helps states better prepare for future storms, flooding and wildfires.The Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected requests for such...
Feb 18 2025 // Federal firefighters have found their jobs on the chopping block as a result of US President Donald Trump’s executive orders, with a hiring freeze simultaneously blocking reinforcements in the aftermath of the Los...
Apr 16 2025 // The Travelers Cos. said first quarter 2024 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 the first quarter of 2024....
Mar 12 2025 // Insurance companies have so far paid out more than $12 billion for losses from the two biggest of the Los Angeles-area wildfires that swept through the region and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in January.California...
Feb 11 2025 // Another major California insurer is reporting losses in excess of $1 billion from the Los Angeles area wildfires.The Travelers Companies Inc. announced Tuesday it will lose an estimated $1.7 billion from last month’s...
Feb 13 2025 // Insurance companies have so far paid out more than $6.9 billion for losses from the biggest two of the Los Angeles-area wildfires that swept through the region and destroyed tens of thousands of homes last...
Mar 27 2025 // Another above-average hurricane season will threaten the Atlantic this year, with as many as six storms affecting the US, AccuWeather Inc. said.Between 13 and 18 storms will at least reach tropical storm strength, and...
Apr 23 2025 // First quarter 2025 net income at Chubb fell nearly 38% to about $1.3 billion as losses from the California wildfires overcame underlying results.Chief Executive Officer Evan G. Greenberg in a statement said the insurer...
Jun 12 2025 // The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology has accepted new loss models from Karen Clark & Co. and Cotality, the first to meet the commission’s latest standards.KCC’s Version 5.0...
Apr 25 2025 // At a time when firefighters are battling one of the worst wildfires in New Jersey’s history, there is an increased risk for rapid fire spread this afternoon across portions of the Garden State and eastern...