Kansas residents clean up but more storms forecast
May 26, 2016 The Associated PressCHAPMAN, Kan. – Kansans cleaned up from a series of tornadoes Thursday, including a monster storm that rumbled across the landscape for 90 minutes, while forecasters warned that the state would likely see more bad weather later in the day.…
Business interruption insurance moving into IT realm: NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit speaker
May 3, 2016 Jason Contant, Online EditorMore and more, the conversation surrounding business interruption (BI) is moving from the physical aspect of BI to the information technology side of things, attendees to the NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit heard on Friday. Miki Ho, senior underwriter in the…
Severe weather moves east toward Carolinas after tornadoes
April 1, 2016 Jonathan Landrum Jr. - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSATLANTA – A severe weather system moved east toward the Carolinas on Friday after setting off tornadoes that swirled through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Tornadoes and isolated winds are possible through mid-afternoon Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Nearly…
7 hurt, homes, businesses damaged after tornado in Oklahoma
March 31, 2016 The Associated PressTULSA, Okla. – At least seven people were injured after severe storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns in northeastern Oklahoma, damaging homes and businesses, authorities said. National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Jankowski said a tornado touched down and lifted up numerous…
More rain soaks north Louisiana, the SE part awaits the same
March 10, 2016 Bill Fuller and Gerald Herbert - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSBOSSIER CITY, La. – A thousand people were forced to leave their homes early Thursday as a second round of unusually heavy rain hit an already inundated northern Louisiana. The southern part of the state was bracing for heavy rain…
Insurance costs ‘will only increase’ without ‘immediate action’ on greenhouse gas reduction: Ontario Liberals
March 9, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterOntario’s ruling Liberals suggest that immediate action is needed on greenhouse gas reduction due to extreme weather caused by climate change, but opposition politicians are characterizing the proposed cap-and-trade system as a “slush fund.” Bill 172, Climate Change Mitigation and…
Co-ordinated effort limited contractor fraud following 2013’s F-5 tornado in Oklahoma
March 7, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterUnprecedented planning and co-ordinated efforts by state and local authorities, law enforcement and the insurance industry provided the means to protect the public from fly-by-night contractors, suggests the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). “Preparation in advance of the F-5 tornado…
Weather Service: Virginia tornado had winds of up to 165 mph
February 26, 2016 Larry O'Dell and Steve Szkotak - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWAVERLY, Va. – Tornadoes tore through towns as far north as Pennsylvania, heavy snow cancelled hundreds of flights in the Midwest and power outages left tens of thousands of residents from the Carolinas to New England in the dark as…
Powerful storms roll across South, causing death and damage
February 24, 2016 Kevin McGill and Chevel Johnson - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSKENNER, La. – A deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes in Gulf Coast states Tuesday and killed at least three people in Louisiana and Mississippi was expected to bring severe weather to the Carolinas by Wednesday afternoon. Meteorologists at the…
Tornadoes in the South; snow in Plains and Upper Midwest
February 3, 2016 Emily Wagster and Josh Funk - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJACKSON, Miss. – Tornadoes touched down in Mississippi and Alabama as thunderstorms swept through the area Tuesday, while a powerful snowstorm buried parts of Colorado and Nebraska in more than a foot of snow before crawling into the Upper Midwest.…
Five of Canada’s six weather catastrophes in 2015 were out west: CatIQ
February 1, 2016 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorCanada was hit with six severe-weather catastrophes – causing more than $25 million each in damage – in 2015, with all but one affecting the western part of the country, a catastrophic loss analyst told insurance professionals Monday. “2015 was…
Multi-year trend of reduced U.S. natural hazard activity continues, despite record-setting events in 2015: CoreLogic
January 29, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThere was a continued trend of fewer natural hazard events overall in the United States for 2015, resulting in decreased damage and loss totals for the year, according to the annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis, released by CoreLogic,…