Guest Post: CDC Returning to your home after a flood is a big part of getting your life back to normal. But consumers and small businesses may be facing a new challenge: mold. What can you do to get rid of it? How do you get the mold out of your home or office and stay...
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NOAA: Warmer, Wetter Winter Ahead
Those of us in the Northeast still thawing out from the last two winters will be relieved to hear that this year’s winter is likely to bring warmer and wetter conditions thanks to El Niño. NOAA’s just-released 2015 U.S. Winter Outlook (December through February) calls for cooler and wetter weather in the South, and above-average...
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All Things Wildfire
A report in USA Today throws the spotlight on just how many homes in California are vulnerable to wildfire. Data from the U.S. Forest Service cited by USA Today reveals that one-third of homes in California are located in areas prone to wildfires. Apparently the Forest Service’s report estimates that 4.5 million homes in California...
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Women Good for Insurance
We spend a lot of time explaining why insurance is good for individuals, society and the economy as a whole, but a new report reverses that equation. It focuses on the current and anticipated impact of women on the global insurance market. Conducted by the International Financial Corporation (IFC), AXA and Accenture, the report estimates...
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Storm Surge Risk Rising Along U.S. Coast
While there’s much focus on storm surge risk in New Orleans as we mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, two new reports highlight the vulnerability of other U.S. coastal cities to storm surge flooding. An analysis by Karen Clark & Co ranks the U.S. cities most vulnerable to storm surge flooding based on losses...
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Lightning Fatalities Prompt Warning
The number of lightning deaths in the United States in 2015 continues to rise, the National Weather Service (NWS) has warned. So far this year some 22 lightning fatalities have been recorded, just four shy of the 26 deaths recorded for the whole of 2014. Alabama, Florida and Colorado top the states for lightning deaths...
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Lower First Half Cat Losses, But Higher Percentage Insured
While total economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disaster events remain far below-average in the first half of 2015, the global insurance and reinsurance industry is covering a higher than average percentage of those losses. That’s the key takeaway from preliminary sigma estimates of global catastrophe losses for the first half of 2015, just...
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Infographic on Hurricane Katrina
The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) is looking back at the costliest hurricane in U.S. history that took 1,800 lives and cost $125 billion in total economic losses, via a comprehensive infographic. Insurance claims by coverage and state, total National Flood Insurance Program losses from Katrina, and other sources of Katrina recovery funds are all detailed....
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CIAB: Commercial Insurance Prices Continue Decline
The percentage of businesses purchasing commercial insurance increased in the second quarter of 2015, according to the latest Commercial P/C Market Index survey from the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB). An overwhelming 90 percent of brokers responding to the survey said that take-up rates had increased, in part as premium savings drove interest...
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Cybersecurity Budgets Rise, But Not Realizing Full Value
Technology is not enough in the fight against cybercrime, effective cyber security measures require policy and process changes as well. That’s the takeaway from an analysis of cyber-risk spending included in the 2015 U.S. State of Cybercrime Survey recently released by PwC. While cybersecurity budgets are on the rise, companies are mostly reliant on technology...
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