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  Twister Levels Oklahoma Town as Midwest Storm System Lingers

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  May 21, 2013

  Average tornadoes move at less than 35 miles per hour and last just a few minutes, but yesterday a two-mile wide EF4 tornado packing 166 to 200 mph winds ripped through the suburbs of Oklahoma City for 40 minutes.

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  2-Mile Wide Tornado Strikes Outside Oklahoma City; Death Toll Estimate Lowered

  By Carey Gillam, Reuters, Ian Simpson, Reuters  |  May 21, 2013

  Emergency workers searched for survivors in the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a powerful tornado, but officials on Tuesday sharply lowered the number of deaths caused by the storm.

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  Historic Loss Series: Miami’s Big ‘Andrew’

  By Ken Brownlee, CPCU  |  December 3, 2012

  The insurance industry learns from every catastrophe. Consider what Hugo did to Charleston, Ivan to Pensacola, or Sandy to the eastern seaboard. The future could hold even bigger storms.

• Historic Loss Series: Miami’s Big ‘Andrew’

  By Ken Brownlee, CPCU  |  November 30, 2012

  The insurance industry learns from every catastrophe. Consider what Hugo did to Charleston, or Ivan to Pensacola. Miami got the big storm, but the future could hold even bigger storms.

• The Continuum of Compliance

  By Kathy Donovan  |  November 30, 2012

  What's in store for the 2013 legislative and regulatory landscape? A quick recap of significant updates in 2012 may offer a glimpse to claims professionals.

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  Inside Look: AIR Surveys Areas Hit Hardest by Sandy -- Slideshow

  By Caterina Pontoriero, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 20, 2012

  Earlier this month, AIR teams were deployed to survey damage in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. The commentary in this report provides an initial glimpse into the kinds of damage patterns caused by Hurricane Sandy.

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  Update from Staten Island: Boots on the Ground, but No Answers (W/ Photos)

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 5, 2012

  The clean-up has begun. There is no other way to describe it other than mounds and mounds of trash piled up everywhere.

• The Insured and the Uninsured After Sandy

  By Beth Pinsker Gladstone, Reuters  |  November 5, 2012

  Standing in the driveway next to the charred shell of his house on Long Beach, Long Island, with the hood open to his water-logged, brand-new 2012 Subaru Outback, Bill Long heard the words so many in the path of superstorm Sandy have been hoping to hear: "I'll take care of...

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  Looters and Loss: Securing Property in the Wake of Sandy -- Slideshow

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 1, 2012

  Given that many Sandy-stricken areas are still without power, how can property owners—whether business or homeowners—protect themselves against crime?

• Insurers Deal with Gas Shortages, Power Outages While Handling Sandy Claims

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 1, 2012

  Insurers are dealing with gas shortages, power outages and lackluster cellphone service as they try to handle claims from hundreds of thousands of policyholders from Superstorm Sandy.

• U.S. Northeast Back to Business After Sandy's Hard Hit

  By Martinne Geller, Reuters, Emily Flitter, Reuters, Dhanya Skariachan, Reuters  |  October 31, 2012

  Millions of people across the U.S. Northeast stricken by massive storm Sandy will attempt to resume normal lives on Wednesday as companies, markets and airports reopen, despite grim projections of power and mass transit outages lasting several more days.

• Western U.S. Wildfires Rage, Forcing Evacuations

  By Keith Coffman, Reuters, Dennis J. Carroll, Reuters  |  June 11, 2012

  Raging wildfires forced hundreds of residents to flee homes in Colorado and New Mexico on Sunday as high winds and high temperatures fanned the flames, authorities said.

• U.S. East Coast Wildfires Whipped Up by Winds

  By Barbara Goldberg, Reuters  |  April 10, 2012

  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.

• Florida Insurance Commissioner Elected Head of NAIC

  By Staff Writer  |  November 4, 2011

  Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty will assume leadership post in January.

• Flooding Washes Away Part of North Dakota

  July 26, 2011

  At the end of June, nearly 11,000 residents were forced to evacuate their homes after excessive flooding ripped through Minot, N.D. and surrounding areas.

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  Looters, Flimflam Men Plague Tornado-Torn South

  By Chris Hawley, Associated Press, John Christoffersen, Associated Press  |  May 5, 2011

  Though the South has seen similar scams after hurricanes and the Gulf oil spill, the speed of flimflam men this time around has surprised authorities and survivors.