Data released by the Pacific Disaster Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has painted a harrowing picture of the aftermath of the Lahaina wildfire. As of August 11th, a staggering 2,207 structures have fallen victim to the relentless blaze.

The wildfire outbreaks in Hawaii have reportedly destroyed 1,700+ buildings thus far, indicating a potential extensive loss for the re/insurance industry, while the death toll has risen to 55, with as many as 1,000 people missing.

Maui faces a long road to recovery from the devastating blazes this week -- Hawaii’s deadliest natural disaster since 1960. At least 55 people have died.

President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration for Hawaii and ‘ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires,’ according to the White House.

Ferocious wildfires, fueled by relentless winds and bone-dry conditions, have turned Hawaii’s tranquil landscapes in Maui and the Big Island into an apocalyptic scene. Many homes and businesses have been destroyed in the historic area of Lahaina, Maui.

The Central Pacific hurricane season has started, and this year, the Nature Conservancy has purchased $2 million in insurance coverage to protect against potential damage to the coral reefs in Hawaii.

On April 24, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision allowing lawsuits filed by municipalities seeking to hold oil companies accountable for harms caused by carbon emissions to move forward in state courts.

AIG’s National Union Fire Insurance Company has been sued by Sunoco subsidiary Aloha Petroleum for refusing to cover the costs of defending climate-related claims by local governments in Hawaii.

Aloha Petroleum, a subsidiary of oil and gas giant Sunoco, has sued an AIG unit, accusing the insurer of breaching insurance contracts by refusing to defend it in a pair of lawsuits filed by the Hawaiian government alleging that the gas chain contributed to climate change.

The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a tour helicopter crash on a remote Hawaii Island lava field that sent the pilot and five passengers to the hospital on Wednesday.

We are at the precipice of a potential upheaval in workers’ compensation recovery rights in the Aloha State. The Hawaii Supreme Court is about to decide whether equitable considerations and defenses to subrogation—such as the common law Made Whole Doctrine or Common Fund Doctrine—are to be applied to statutory workers’ compensation liens.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it would scan the ocean floor on Monday to locate a Boeing 737-200 cargo plane that sank off Hawaii last week after the two-member crew made an emergency water landing.

The mayor of Maui has asked some residents to evacuate and others to shelter in place due to flooding that threatened to cause a dam failure earlier Monday and has already damaged or destroyed at least half a dozen homes.

Toyota expanded a worldwide fuel pump recall to a total of 5.84 million vehicles for a defect that could cause the part to fail. In the United States, the total number of vehicles involved in this safety recall is now approximately 3.34 million vehicles.

A peach recall has expanded to include loose peaches and peach products after 78 people were sickened in 12 states by salmonella poisoning linked to the fruit, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.