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Florida Communities Hit Repeatedly by Hurricanes Grapple With Whether to Rebuild
It was just a month ago that Brooke Hiers left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived since Hurricane Idalia slammed into her Gulf Coast fishing village of Horseshoe Beach in ...
Nowhere in America Is Safe From Climate-Fueled Storms and Fires
Forecasters had warned for days that Hurricane Helene was likely to cause widespread devastation. But when the powerful storm struck Florida and barreled through the eastern U.S. last month, killing ...
Helene Damage Numbers Climb: AccuWeather Revises Total Damage Cost to $225B+
For the second time since Hurricane Helene made landfall, AccuWeather has increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from the storm. Now, the weather forecasting firm has put a ...
Lloyd’s Focuses on Delegated Authority Arrangements as Looming Market Risk
While the Lloyd's market reported its best first-half profit in 17 years, it isn't resting on its laurels. It is carefully monitoring areas where potential vulnerabilities have been identified. ...
Reinsurers Open for Business—Even U.S. Casualty, Execs Say
Although Monte Carlo convos about reinsurer appetites for U.S. casualty business prompted some flashbacks to the 1980s, reinsurance company executives who spoke after the Rendez-Vous de Septembre ...
Broker Exec Decodes Property Reinsurer Speak: ‘We Want to Grow’
When the president of Aon attended the Rendez-Vous de Septembre, he came away with a forecast hidden behind the words reinsurers were explicitly delivering. "Each of the reinsurers led every meeting ...
Rural Mutual, Badger Mutual Agree to Affiliate
Wisconsin-based mutual insurers, Rural Mutual Insurance Company and Badger Mutual Insurance Company, have announced an affiliation. The affiliation is subject to regulatory approval with an ...
Thieves Hunting for Copper Are Vandalizing American EV Chargers
Rick Wilmer spends most of his work days at the office. But every so often, the chief executive officer of ChargePoint Holdings Inc. will make his way to the company's laboratory in San Jose, ...