With Hurricane Milton now expected to produce several hundred thousand wind-damage claims and with the storm coming so soon on the heels of Hurricane Helene, industry leaders are bracing for significant delays in claims adjusting. “We’re competing with Helene,” said …
Hurricane Milton could result in a $60 billion loss for the global insurance industry, creating a surge in 2025 reinsurance prices which could boost some insurance companies’ shares, analysts at RBC Capital said. The Category 5 hurricane is due to …
Another important modeler has rung in with insured loss estimates from the damages wrought by Hurricane Helene. Verisk estimates industry insured losses in U.S. for Hurricane Helene will range between $6 billion to $11 billion. Verisk’s estimates comes a day …
For the second time in two weeks, Tampa General Hospital is getting ready to keep water at bay. Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall Wednesday and will test the hospital’s flood barrier. It takes dozens of facilities workers to …
Milton is on track to deal a devastating blow to Florida’s vibrant Tampa Bay region, potentially delivering the first direct hit from a hurricane in a century just as residents and businesses were beginning to pick up the pieces from …
Moody’s RMS Event Response on Monday released an estimate showing total U.S. private market insured losses from Hurricane Helene could be between $8 billion and $14 billion. Moody’s puts its best estimate at $11 billion. The estimate represents insured losses …
Hurricane Milton is on track to become a catastrophic Category 5 storm as it rakes Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on a path toward Florida’s western coastline, where evacuations are underway in a region still recovering from Helene’s devastation. The storm’s top …
Total insured loss from Hurricane Helene is now estimated at between $10.5 billion and $17.5 billion—a figure that continues to grow as more damages are assessed, pushing catastrophe modelers to continually revise estimates upward. The estimate out from CoreLogic on …
When Hurricane Helene barreled ashore last week, it caused devastating flooding across the southeastern U.S., including in the Shore Acres area of St. Petersburg, Florida. The neighborhood saw 6 feet of storm surge, which flooded roads and homes. It was …
AccuWeather has increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Helene in the U.S. to between $225 billion and $250 billion. The update accounts for new verified information, including the loss of life, the immediate and …