Residents of U.S. towns damaged by wildfires may need to prepare for another repercussion: insurers that decide to cancel policies because of increased risks from more frequent fires.

The prospect of a hurricane tearing up the East Coast through Long Island and Connecticut, hitting Cape Cod and heading up to Maine "is an event that keeps insurance people awake at night," according to Robert DeSaulniers, a flood insurance specialist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s northeast region.

The 2018 hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico began June 1, and as many Americans are still repairing the damage from last year’s devastating storms, hurricane preparedness and catastrophic events are squarely in focus.

The U.S. Congress extended the National Flood Insurance program on Tuesday for another fourth months, providing coverage through the hurricane season.

Roger Gray has lived in his suburban subdivision in a quiet California city for 30 years. On Thursday, it was struck by a jaw-dropping geophysical phenomenon.

Little more than two months before Hurricane Harvey slammed the Gulf Coast of Texas, Alberto Castañeda let his home’s flood insurance lapse. He had never filed a claim on the policy in 10 years and he needed the extra cash to expand his restaurant business.

Insurance drone use has been taking off — so to speak — with each new hurricane season. This year has been no exception. Every year, the tech proves itself in terms of improved safety for claims adjusters while simultaneously lowering costs.

I think it’s time to retire Maria as a name for any storm. The name has been wiped from the hurricane list in the Atlantic after Hurricane Maria completely upended life in the Caribbean. But it’s still on the rolls in the Pacific, where Typhoon Maria is about to make life miserable.

Drones are no longer just cameras in the sky. They’re autonomous, artificially intelligent flying machines with the ability to capture sharp resolution of an asset and use machine learning to process data through analytical models. But all of that potential is constantly challenged by regulation.

Florida Property & Casualty Association, an association of Florida-based home insurers, is disputing claims made by Weiss Ratings, including that, "Many Florida homeowners are still waiting for their insurance claims to come through after a severe hurricane season last year."

As summer approaches along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, residents prepare for the hurricane season ahead. The Atlantic hurricane season - June through November (though known to start as early as January in past years) - has devastated communities from Texas to New England, resulting in significant recovery costs.

With so many businesses and individuals affected by Hurricanes including Maria, Harvey and Irma in 2017, risk managers and insurers are looking to revised forecasts of this year’s hurricane season for a glimmer of hope that 2018 will not bring the same destruction.

The insurance industry has been adopting technology at an inspiring rate: Artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain enable simpler and faster quotes, more intelligent claims and a friendlier customer experience.

The wave of natural disasters that struck North America and the rest of the world last year led to an increase in insured losses seen in 2016 to $144 billion for 2017, according to a recent Swiss Re report. Yet the catastrophic year also led to a reckoning for property insurance pricing as rates continue to rise.

Climate risks are directly connected to supply chain risks that should be identified and mitigated as extreme weather events continue to become more severe and intense and cause rising business interruption losses, experts say.