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A senator plans to revive the sensitive wind-vs.-water issue by introducing an amendment to the Senate bill reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program when it is marked up Thursday.

As Hurricane Katia appears set to spin off to sea after bringing tropical-storm conditions to Bermuda, Tropical Storm Maria has formed and is moving west across the Atlantic.

Early estimates are putting insured homeowner losses from the Texas wildfires at more than $100 million, setting records for the state, says a state association official.

Property and casualty carrier employment fell by 2,200 jobs in July after remaining flat through June, and agents and brokers shed 900 jobs in July after two previous months of unusually strong increases, according to an Insurance Information Institute analysis of the latest U.S. Labor Department Bureau of Labor Statistics...

A week of brushfires across the state of Texas has claimed more than 1,000 homes, and insurance losses are expected to be in the millions of dollars, according to officials.

A tropical storm warning has been issued for areas along the Gulf Coast, including New Orleans as Tropical Storm Lee travels erratically toward the northwest.