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PERILS discloses second loss estimate of 249 million euros for windstorm Thomas
May 23, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterPERILS AG has disclosed a second loss estimate for windstorm Thomas of 249 million euros, up from its initial loss estimate of 213 million euros on April 6. Windstorm Thomas, also known as Doris, affected the British Isles, Netherlands, Belgium…
TSB reiterates call for 300-metre runway end safety areas
May 17, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada reiterated Tuesday a warning that airplane passengers and crew are at risk of injury because not all Code 4 runways at Canadian airports have a 300-metre runway end safety area. TSB – a separate…
Flooding expected to be ‘unlike anything ever seen,’ warns Kelowna mayor
May 12, 2017 The Canadian PressVANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Okanagan region is bracing for a storm that Kelowna’s mayor worries could unleash the worst flooding the region has ever seen. Mayor Colin Basran posted a Facebook statement describing expected water levels as “unlike anything we…
Heavy rain likely to cause new or more flooding in Quebec and Ontario
May 5, 2017 Michelle McQuigge - THE CANADIAN PRESSPersistent, steady rains soaking swaths of central and eastern Canada that have already endured record precipitation levels threatened to trigger widespread flooding Friday and put residents and governments on high alert. Environment Canada said a massive system is slowly drenching…
Majority of polled Canadians unaware of flood risks and responsibilities, half would not consider purchasing overland flood coverage: survey
May 5, 2017 by Jason ContantHomeowners in Canada lack awareness of flood risk and the protection options available to them to reduce that risk, suggests a new study from researchers at the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change and Partners for Action research network at Ontario’s…
U.S. Midwest floods linger as officials warn of floodwater risks
May 4, 2017 Jim Salter - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSST. LOUIS – River levels are falling Thursday after record and near-record flooding in parts of the Midwest, but the crisis is far from over. Officials have not said when hundreds of residents displaced from flooded properties in suburban St.…
PERILS discloses second property loss estimate of 234 million euros for extratropical cyclone Egon
April 12, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterPERILS AG has disclosed its second loss estimate of 234 million euros for extratropical cyclone Egon, which affected France and Germany on Jan. 12 and 13 of this year. The cold front associated with Egon resulted in heavy rain and…
Insured losses from Cyclone Debbie reach AU$306 million: Insurance Council of Australia
April 4, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has estimated insured losses to date from Tropical Cyclone Debbie at AU$306 million from 28,000 claims. ICA estimated the insured losses as of 9 a.m. on Tuesday. It also warned in a press release…
Cyclone Debbie barrels into Australia with damaging winds, flooding rain: AIR
March 29, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAustralia is experiencing its most powerful storm since 2011, as Cyclone Debbie roared ashore in Queensland, Australia as a Category 4 storm shortly after noon on Tuesday. Catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide said that Cyclone Debbie struck Airlie Beach as…
Landslide alert issued in same B.C. community where four were killed in 2012
March 28, 2017 The Canadian PressJOHNSONS LANDING, B.C. – A tiny British Columbia community where four people were killed in a landslide almost five years ago has been warned of another possible slide. An evacuation alert has been issued for residents of Johnsons Landing on…
PERILS puts initial loss estimate for extra-tropical cyclone Egon at 212 million euros
February 23, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterPERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has put the initial loss estimate for extra-tropical cyclone Egon at 212 million euros. The low pressure system associated with Egon developed as a secondary low from a large…
Two U.S. dams illustrate challenge of maintaining older designs
February 22, 2017 Michael R. Blood - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES – Twelve years ago, widespread destruction from Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast helped compel federal engineers 2,000 miles away in California to remake a 1950s-era dam by constructing a massive steel-and-concrete gutter that would manage surging waters…