Catastrophe

Is the NFIP sinking?

Flood insurance payouts hit new levels

Hurricane emergency preparedness 101: What businesses can do to bunker down

Brokers can pass along crucial planning advice to keep their clients safe during storms

Wildfire commission sends recommendations to California lawmakers

Members advocate changes to homeowners’ insurance policies

Less Americans have flood insurance than nearly a decade ago

This is despite the fact that devastating floods are on the up…

Zurich North America offers hurricane deductible buy-back program in FL

Program made possible through partnership with local insurance solutions provider

Aspen Re names new head of North American property catastrophe

The industry veteran joins Aspen from Tokio Millennium

NAIC: Less than half of Americans who support flood insurance actually buy it

Disparity reflects the common misconception that homeowners’ insurance covers for flooding, association says

The implications for insurers if a hurricane is a wind versus water event

The variability of these risks along the coast can impact insurers’ capital allocation and reinsurance decisions

Zurich launches CE training focused on severe weather

The program will include lessons learned from more than a dozen post-event reviews of disasters

The challenges in modeling the impacts of a warming globe

Risk modelers have their work cut out for them when it comes to determining the consequences of climate change for weather events