NEW YORK--Property-casualty insurers looking for clear-cut guidance for their catastrophe risk decisions were given much to think about after yesterday's session sponsored by The Bond Market Associatio
As Alberto, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was predicted to pick up speed while on the water, a hurricane warning was issued for the Gulf Coast. The hurricane warning was
As Alberto, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was predicted to pick up speed while on the water, a hurricane warning was issued for the Gulf Coast. The hurricane warning was
The hurricane season kicked off today with Lloyd's America saying that insurers should be able to handle storm losses without government help, while a U.S. rating firm predicted a mega-catastrophe cou
The NOAA recently installed five buoy stations off of the East and Gulf coasts and the Caribbean as part of the expansion of the U.S. tsunami warning system.
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration released its outlook for the Atlantic and Central Pacific Hurricane season, saying it predicts the Atlantic will witness a very active hurricane seaso
Dave Dasgupta, a spokesman for Insurance Services Office in Jersey City, N.J., said that two storm periods--April 2-3 and April 6-8--have been listed as catastrophes, an incident that meets or exceeds $
Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan, and Wilma, all from the historic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, were retired by an international hurricane committee of the World Meteorological Organization,