Tropical Storm Olivia Heading To Main Hawaiian Islands

Olivia has maintained both its intensity as a strong tropical storm and its path straight toward the Hawaiian islands.
September 11, 2018 Property Hawaii

Hawaiian Homeowners Caught In Limbo When Insurers Meet Kilauea

Residents on Hawaii’s Big Island are discovering that their homeowner’s insurance covers all sorts of damage — but not from lava, smoke and other volcanic hazards as the Kilauea eruption enters its fourth month.
September 4, 2018 Property Hawaii

Rain From Remnants Of Hurricane Lane Causes Widespread Flooding On Kauai

Flash flood warnings were issued on Tuesday for the Hawaiian island of Kauai, with residents on the north coast told to evacuate and others left stranded by high water as the remnants of Hurricane Lane drenched the archipelago and a new storm brewed in the Pacific Ocean.
August 29, 2018 Auto Property Hawaii

Tropical Storm Miriam Expected To Become A Hurricane Later This Week

A tropical storm developed in the eastern Pacific Ocean that may be heading west near Hawaii. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tropical Storm Miriam has formed about 2,000 miles east of the Hawaiian islands.
August 28, 2018 Property Hawaii

More Floods Threaten Hawaii As Tropical Storm Lane Drifts Away

Tropical Storm Lane, greatly diminished from the major hurricane it once was, drifted away from the Hawaiian coast on Saturday, but lingering showers threatened to trigger more flooding and landslides.
August 27, 2018 Property Hawaii

Winds From Tropical Storm Lane Fueled Destructive Wildfire On Maui

The West Maui wildfires left behind a trail of destruction larger than initially thought. On Saturday afternoon, Maui fire officials said the number of structures damaged in the fast-moving Lahaina wildfire grew to 22. Some 30 vehicles were also burned along with a base yard that housed heavy equipment.
August 27, 2018 Auto Property Hawaii

Hurricane Lane Unleashes Flooding And Landslides In Hawaii

Hurricane Lane weakened as it marched toward Hawaii, but it’s list of life-threatening calamities is still going strong. The hurricane was downgraded to a Category 3 storm Thursday, even as it unleashed torrential rainfall, flooding and landslides over parts of Hawaii’s Big Island, along with dangerous surf and high winds.
August 24, 2018 Auto Marine Property Hawaii

Confined To The Islands, Hawaiians Scramble To Prepare For Hurricane Lane

As emergency shelters opened, rain began to pour down and cellphone alerts went out, the approaching Hurricane Lane started to feel real for Hawaii residents. Lane was forecast to continue its northwest turn into the islands Thursday and be the most powerful storm to hit Hawaii since Hurricane Iniki in 1992.
August 23, 2018 Marine Property Hawaii

Hurricane Lane Strengthens To Category 5 As It Heads For Hawaii

Hurricane Lane strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Tuesday as it charged toward Hawaii where residents braced for “life threatening” winds and flooding, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
August 22, 2018 Marine Property Hawaii

Category 4 Hurricane Lane Could Come Close To The Hawaiian Islands

Hurricane Lane could come dangerously close to the Hawaiian Islands late this week, and while impacts such as strong winds, heavy rain and battering surf are likely to occur, the severity of those threats is still uncertain.
August 21, 2018 Property Hawaii

Hurricane Hector Regains Strength As It Plows Toward Hawaii

Hurricane Hector regained strength in the eastern Pacific late on Sunday and swelled into a Category 4 storm again with sustained 140 mph winds as it stayed on target to possibly hit Hawaii by midweek, officials said.
August 6, 2018 Property Hawaii

Insurtech Launches Usage-Based Drone Coverage

Insurtech company REIN has launched DroneInsurance.com, with underwriting by Liberty Specialty Markets, providing usage-based insurance for commercial drone operators and simplifying the process of obtaining both base and liability coverage.
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Hawaiian Homeowners Claim Bad Faith By Surplus Lines Insurer LLoyd’s

Lloyd’s of London is having a tough time right now. The world’s oldest insurance market is embroiled in a legal battle after one of its syndicates was accused of breach of contract, deceptive business practices, bad faith and conspiracy.
August 1, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Litigation Property Hawaii

Why Molten Lava And Insurance Don’t Mix: Subrogating Pele And The Goddess Of Fire

In the Hawaiian religion, Tūtū Pele is the goddess of fire and volcanoes and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiians believe Kilauea to be inhabited by a “family of fire gods”, one of the sisters being Pele, who is believed to govern Kilauea and is responsible for controlling its lava flows.
July 27, 2018 Property Subrogation Hawaii

Lava From Kilauea ’Collapse Explosion’ Destroys Hawaii Structures

A “collapse explosion” at the summit of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Wednesday sent a surge of lava that destroyed structures in an evacuated housing development, geologists and civil defense authorities said.
July 19, 2018 Property Hawaii
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