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State Farm says it has received more than 81,000 claims from Superstorm Sandy and has acquired a plane in an attempt to get policyholders to report more.

State Farm says it has received more than 81,000 claims from Superstorm Sandy and has acquired a plane in an attempt to get policyholders to report more.

While it is too early to give insured-loss estimates for storm Sandy, Risk Management Solutions says the impact on the East Coast appears much more severe than 2011's Hurricane Irene. Following are images of the damage left behind by the storm.

Wildfires in New Jersey and New York are prompting warnings of an active fire season because of unusually dry conditions along the East coast coupled with record high temperatures in March.

Raging wildfires fueled by strong winds scorched thousands of acres in New Jersey and on New York's Long Island on Tuesday as firefighters scrambled aircraft to contain the blazes.

The eastern end of Long Island suffered the highest insured losses in the U.S. from late Augusts Hurricane Irene, followed closely by a coastal county in North Carolina, Verisk Analytics reports.

The eastern end of Long Island suffered the highest insured losses in the United States from late August's Hurricane Irene, followed closely by a coastal county in North Carolina, financial data company Verisk Analytics said on Monday.

A former New York lawmaker convicted of insurance fraud earlier this year has pleaded guilty in a separate multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.