October 24, 2024
More loss and claims estimates are trickling in from carriers after Hurricane Milton caused widespread wind and flood damage in Florida this month. Tampa-based Heritage Insurance Holdings said in a preliminary statement that about two weeks after Milton made landfall …
October 22, 2024
Almost two weeks after Hurricane Milton made landfall near Sarasota, Florida, as a Category 3 storm, claims and loss totals continue to rise. As of Oct. 21, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said carriers had reported more than 221,582 …
October 18, 2024
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 …
October 17, 2024
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 …
October 17, 2024
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 …
October 16, 2024
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 …
October 16, 2024
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, …
October 14, 2024
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 …
October 11, 2024
Hurricane Milton’s devastating path across Florida has left at least 10 dead, millions without power, and destroyed homes and crops, as authorities warn it could take days to assess the full extent of the damages. Milton delivered a quick, hard …
October 11, 2024
Almost two years after a group of independent claims adjusters alleged that insurers had deceptively altered their damage estimates and low-balled policyholders, Florida’s chief financial officer has issued an emergency rule barring similar actions in Hurricane Milton claims. “Any move …