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Review Your Insurance Policy’s Hurricane or Windstorm Deductible Before It’s Triggered
With peak hurricane season around the corner, it’s time to pull out your homeowners insurance policy to check if you have a hurricane or...
Bahamas insurance companies to get insured in face of hurricane threats
The Bahamas has one of the worst records for hurricanes in the Caribbean. Natural disasters in the Bahamas increased during 2011 and 2012, with...
RMS : official end to 2011 Atlantic Hurricane season
November 30th officially marks the end of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. This year has seen 19 tropical storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major...
AIR Worldwide : Hurricane Rina headed for resort lined coast of Mexico
Hurricane Rina is headed towards the resort lined coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The Category 2 storm has caused widespread disruption to cruise itineraries...
Hurricane Maria : landfall on Newfoundland and quickly becomes Post-Tropical
Extratropical Storm Maria made landfall as a minimal Category 1 hurricane on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula near Cape Pine on Friday afternoon about 4:00 pm...
RMS : comment on tropical storm Nate and Maria
Tropical Storm Nate has moved only a little from its position over the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico. The system has...
RMS : commentary on hurricane Katia
Katia has just strengthened to hurricane status, becoming the second hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season.
The system is forecast, by the National Hurricane Centre...
Irene / damage : P&C insurance company shares rise
Shares of property and casualty insurers rose after the damage from Hurricane Irene appeared to be less than the market had predicted.
Complete clarity on...
Irene : weakens to Tropical Storm, makes landfall on New York’s Coney Island
Irene deviated slightly from the NHC forecast track yesterday, taking a slight westward shift before resuming its north-northeast direction. This brought the center of...
Irene : insured damage in Caribbean up to $1.1bn
Insured damages in the Caribbean and Bahamas from Hurricane Irene could hit $1.1 billion, a US insurance estimator said Friday.
AIR Worldwide put likely insured...
Hurricane Irene : batters Bahamas on way toward U.S. East Coast
Hurricane Irene is passing through the central Bahamas islands this morning after a night of battering the southern islands with heavy rains and strong...
Irene : strengthens to Category 3 hurricane and moves into the Bahamas
As of the National Hurricane Center's 8:00 am EDT advisory, Category 3 Hurricane Irene is battering the southern Bahamas with sustained winds of 115...
Hurricane Irene : strengthens to category 2 and moves towards the South-Eastern Bahamas
Just before 8pm last night, Hurricane Irene achieved Category 2 strength, buoyed by low wind shear and warm sea surface temperatures. According to the...
AIR Worldwide : Tropical Storm Bret Heads to sea
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, the second named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Bret, formed off the coast...
Hurricane : Beatriz makes landfall, bringing heavy rains to Mexico’s Pacific coast
Beatriz, the second storm of the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season, has strengthened to hurricane status after it has formed off the coast of South-western...
Study : post-disaster health woes plague New Orleans
The effects of a major natural disaster can linger and cause heart attacks and other health woes for years, according to a study released...
RMS advances view of U.S. hurricane risk
Risk Management Solutions released a major upgrade to its U.S. Hurricane Model, incorporating significant new datasets and scientific developments to advance the industry’s view...
U.S. : fewer hurricanes but higher premiums on the way
More than 4 million Florida homeowners, battered by property insurance rate hikes and disappearing coverage, are about to get hit again.
State regulators have approved...
Report : 2010 had the Second Highest Number of Atlantic Hurricanes on Record
The 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season, which officially ended on November 30, had the second highest number of hurricanes since records began in 1851, according...
Insurance payout for Tropical Storm Tomas
Tropical Storm Tomas has triggered a $12.8 million hurricane coverage insurance payout in four eastern Caribbean states, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF)...
