2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season News
$25 Billion: Estimated Economic Losses Caused by Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael will probably end up causing at least $25 billion in economic losses. About $3 billion of that will fall on the federal flood insurance program and private insurers may get hit with ...
FEMA Chief Calls for a Natural Disaster Preparation Focus on Insurance and ‘Resilience’
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long angrily criticized the failure of citizens to heed evacuation warnings and leaders to better prepare for natural disasters such as ...
Damage From Hurricane Michael Could Reach $4.5B in Florida Alone: Standard & Poor’s
Hurricane Michael is expected to inflict up to $4.5 billion in insured losses on coastal and inland Florida, according to a report from Standard & Poor's. But while the hurricane will be costly ...
Hurricane Michael: At Least 57,000 Coastal Florida Homes at Risk
About 57,000 Florida homes were at risk from a coastal storm surge as Hurricane Michael approached the United States on Tuesday, and a number of insurers face potential liabilities from the storm. ...
NFIP, Private Flood Insurance Carriers, Auto Writers Will Handle Brunt of Florence Losses
The National Flood Insurance Program, private flood insurance carriers and auto insurance writers will likely deal with the bulk of insured losses from Hurricane Florence, Fitch Ratings said in a new ...
As Hurricane Florence Approaches, Cat Bond Traders Are Trying to Understand Storm’s Risk
Catastrophe-bond investors are trying to assess the potential fallout from Hurricane Florence and whether they're in store for painful losses. If the storm's path of destruction -- which is aimed at ...
Opinion: Catastrophe Bonds Are a Smashing Success
Leave it to catastrophe bonds to be among the most well-functioning debt markets out there. Issuance of "cat bonds" has climbed to more than $11 billion this year, about the same as this time in ...
1 Million-Plus Told to Flee Hurricane Florence as Mid-Atlantic States Brace for Storm
Florence was slightly weakened but not unbowed as it continued to barrel toward the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with forecasters saying they expect the storm to re-strengthen to near Category 5 ...