As wildfires become more devastating, there are protection measures homeowners should take to stay safe when disaster strikes.
With weakened structural systems, loose materials and susceptible equipment, construction sites face unique threats.
Hurricane season is just around the corner. Here's what homeowners need to know to protect their properties.
Natural disasters are an ongoing threat for which brokers and their clients need to be prepared at all times.
With hurricane season approaching and flood and tornado season in full swing, here's how commercial facilities can prepare.
Insurance professionals can offer strategic solutions that help.
Best Practices
Strategies for addressing wildfire risk
Using data and technology at three critical customer touchpoints can help carriers underwrite risks and settle claims more effectively.
One peril, in particular, is causing the spike in inland natural disasters: Wildfires.
Natural disasters in 2019 caused $232 billion in economic losses, of which only $71 billion was covered by insurance.
The costliest U.S. weather activity in 2019 made up nearly half of the year's total losses.
AGCS and I.I.I. have teamed up to provide businesses with risk mitigation practices to safeguard their establishments.
Best Practices
Secrets to restoring the irreplaceable
High profile disasters like the fire at Notre Dame raise the questions: How are the works valued and how will they be restored?
All companies and commercial policyholders need a set emergency action plan, and it needs to include these steps.
Best Practices
Are you ready for catastrophe season?
It only takes one major storm making landfall to create chaos.
If and when you find yourself in the path of a natural disaster and need to evacuate, bring these essential items with you.
Consider your pets when preparing for natural disasters with these tips from the NAIC.
Slideshow
10 natural disaster safety tips
All kinds of natural disasters occur year-round, anytime and anywhere. Here's how to prepare.
Market Insights
Natural catastrophe losses driven up by secondary perils
One reason the impact of secondary perils is underestimated is their impact is masked by losses from primary events.
Above-average spring rain and snow will worsen flood conditions throughout the U.S. through May, NOAA warns.
A new study concludes Americans are unprepared for a natural disaster. What does this mean for at-risk communities?
Climate change, increasingly strong storm and changing weather patterns affect modeling accuracy, which is still developing.
Dollar value alone does not define a large loss. The complexity and technical challenges must also be considered.
Best Practices
Catastrophe planning: Ensuring calm during the storm
What your clients need to know about minimizing their commercial catastrophe claims.
Coverage Q&A: It may be difficult to establish coverage for property damage that occurs in the aftermath of — and not as a direct result of — a natural disaster.
Chubb believes its losses from Hurricane Michael are at the upper end of the range of $150 million to $250 million.
The recipient of the 2019 Travelers Excellence in Community Resilience Award will receive $100,000.
Market Insights
Survey says 75% of Americans aren't prepared for a disaster
The active 2018 hurricane season reminded us about the importance of emergency weather preparedness.
Best Practices
Catastrophe planning: Preparing for the unexpected
The ongoing threats from various exposures underscores the need for catastrophe plans.
Technology has much to offer so contractors and insurers can save time and money during the pack-out process .
Anticipating the impact of flooding and knowing what to expect in terms of losses, allows insurance agents to be proactive in serving policyholders.
Expert Opinion
Disaster recovery for agents, brokers & claims professionals
After the hurricane or other natural catastrophe passes, are you ready for the next storm of claims?
Many pets have become lost or separated from their families during Hurricane Florence and the aftermath.
Market Insights
Most small business owners lack a disaster recovery plan
Natural disasters such as fires or hurricanes can cripple or permanently shutter a small business.
Even after a historic 2017 hurricane season, coastal residents aren't effectively protecting themselves and their property.
Nothing tests a company's processes like a crisis.
Expert Opinion
Talking storm preparedness for residential property owners
The importance of hurricane training for property managers, reading insurance policies, and having discussions with agents.
An exceptionally active hurricane season highlighted personnel and supply chain issues for insurers and offers opportunities to prepare for 2018.
Insurance carriers and public safety officials learn how to work together at UAS event.
From textiles to priceless antiques, restoration can save items that seem unrecoverable.
Many older Americans live in the path of natural disasters like Hurricane Irma. Here are some tips you can share to keep them safe.
Tornadoes accounted for 40.2 percent of insured catastrophe losses from 1996 to 2015, according to Verisks Property Claim Services.
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