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Hurricane Matthew Idles Plants, People, Goods Up Florida’s Atlantic Coast
Disruptions to air travel, manufacturing, supply chains and retail stores spread on Friday as Hurricane Matthew worked its way up Florida's Atlantic coast, leaving people and goods stranded and ...
Typhoon Meranti China Insured Losses Estimate Surpasses $1B: AIR Worldwide
Mainland China could be dealing with more than $1 billion in insured losses from damaged caused by Typhoon Meranti once final tallies are in, AIR Worldwide said. The catastrophe modeling firm ...
H1 Catastrophe Losses Are High, and Texas Endured Many of Them
Weather catastrophe activity slammed into 39 states during the 2016 first half. But in a six-month period where insured losses rose well above typical levels, Texas was by far the worst hit, ...
Typhoon Lionrock Makes Landfall at Notorious Japanese Location
Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in Japan the evening of Aug. 30, carrying the intensity of a Category 1 hurricane. It hit the same area where a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 caused death and ...
Insured Losses Price Tag for Fort McMurray Wildfire Rises
The Fort McMurray Wildfires in Alberta in May are already Canada's costliest ever. A new estimate now places the insured-loss priced tag even higher than previously thought. Insured losses from ...
Natural Catastrophes Created $31B in Global Insured Losses Through H1: Swiss Re’s Sigma
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters during the first half of 2016 reached US$31 billion, or 44 percent of total economic losses of US$71 billion, according to a ...
LA Commercial Buildings Likely More Resilient to Pending Flood Losses: AIR Worldwide
While it is early to determine insured and economic losses from massive flooding in Louisiana and Mississippi, an AIR Worldwide assessment of the damage offers some potential clues. The catastrophe ...
Earthquakes, Storms Make H1 Insured Losses Soar: Munich Re
Economic losses caused by natural catastrophes in the first half of 2016 totaled US$70 billion, a significant increase from the $59 billion reported for the first half of last year, according to a ...