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Report: Winter Weather Caused $61.8M in Property Damage So Far this Year

Winter weather has already caused an estimated $61.8 million in property damage in 2024, and the coldest time of the year is a ways off. The damage from winter storms in the first half of the year may be large, …

Slithery Snakes, Gravesites and Other Spooky Claims Tales

A slip and fall into an open grave, melted Lamborghinis, imploding wine vats, snakes on an ambulance—a claims department can be a scary place to be sometimes. With a tip of the hat to Farmers’ Hall of Claims, Claims Journal …

What It Really Means When a 1-in-1,000-Year Rainstorm Hits

Officials called Hurricane Helene’s deadly rainfall and floods “biblical” and “generational.” But weather forecasters used another term: “once in 1,000 years.” Helene was actually the second once-in-a-millennium storm to strike North Carolina in a matter of days. Less than two …

CoreLogic: Insured Wind and Flood Losses from Milton $17B to $28B, Property Restoration Difficult

Estimates released on Wednesday from CoreLogic show that insured wind and flood losses from Hurricane Milton are expected to be between $17 billion and $28 billion. CoreLogic’s estimate comes as Moody’s RMS Event response updated its estimate, which shows total …

HCI Group Expects to Pay $600M to $750M in Claims from Recent Hurricanes

Publicly traded HCI Group, the Tampa-based holding company for Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty, TypTap and a new condominium insurance reciprocal, is one of the first Florida insurers to report estimated losses after recent hurricanes. HCI said in a statement …

Report: Natural Disaster Losses Below Average Through Q3, Despite Higher Frequency

Although 2024 has seen significant global natural catastrophe activity, economic costs were slightly below average through the third quarter, according to Gallagher Re’s latest Nat Cat report. The total economic loss from natural perils in the first three quarters of …

Verisk Estimates Insured Losses for Hurricane Milton at Between $30B and $50B

Insured industry losses to onshore property for Hurricane Milton will fall between $30 billion and $50 billion, according to an estimate out on Wednesday from Verisk. Moody’s RMS Event Response said earlier this week that total U.S. private market insured …

Milton’s 152,180 Claims So Far to Mean New Pressure on Reinsurance, Rate Hikes

Property Insurance claims from Hurricane Milton had topped more than 152,180 by Monday, with some $1.9 billion in estimated insured losses. That’s already more than the claims and losses reported for Helene, which made landfall in Florida two weeks earlier, …

Louisiana Contractor Charged for Allegedly Damaging Homeowners’ Roof

On an early August morning, a roofing contractor arrived at a Lafayette, Louisiana couple’s house and requested permission to inspect the home’s roof. The roofer’s arrival wasn’t unexpected. The couple, who go by Jordan and Sarah, had been approached days …

Moody’s Says Insured Losses for Helene and Milton to Hit $35B-Plus, KCC Puts Milton Loss at $36B

Total U.S. private market insured losses from the Hurricanes Helene and Milton will likely range between $35 billion and $55 billion, according to Moody’s RMS Event Response, which said the confluence of the two storms will make paying claims and …