Many roads were washed out and trees were down blocking roads in Granville, Nash and Vance counties on Wednesday, making for hazardous driving conditions. Rocky Mount officials said Wednesday evening at least nine people were rescued from their home because of flooding around their house.

Several homes were destroyed or damaged by a grass fire Wednesday that was burning near Oroville. The fire ignited around 11:50 a.m. along Nelson Avenue, Cal Fire said. It charred an estimated 95 acres and was 100% contained by 7 p.m., according to Cal Fire.

The weekend hailstorm that tore up houses, smashed car windows and flooded streets in Calgary is expected to be labelled a natural catastrophe, according to an insurance expert.

The death of George Floyd is a national tragedy that should never have happened. The winds of change are in the air and we can only hope that peace, understanding, justice and fairness for all will prevail.

As tropical storms become more likely, COVID-19 is changing the ways resulting insurance claims are handled. New tools and practices can help insurers work within physical distancing guidelines, for example. A survey of claims-related organizations reveals how the sector plans to change its processes for this year’s hurricane season.

At a time when many business owners would normally be looking to the skies and nearby waterways for seasonal flooding threats, thoughts are elsewhere in the spring of 2020.

While the “Black Lives Matter” movement sweeping the US has been largely peaceful, some businesses have suffered from looting and vandalism with several state insurance regulators responding by ordering insurers to expedite any property damage claims affected businesses might file.

Insurance plays a significant role in everything imaginable. One reason why is because it must be legally owned to perform certain activities — think of auto insurance and driving a car; other examples of compulsory insurance include workers’ compensation and professional liability insurance.

Despite the unprecedented closures and precautions arising from the ongoing pandemic, claims adjusters continue to inspect properties affected by disasters.

Catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Company (KCC) estimates that insured losses from Tropical Storm Cristobal will reach nearly $150 million. KCC’s estimate, which was based on its high-resolution US Hurricane Reference Model, includes privately insured wind and storm surge damage to residential, commercial, and industrial properties and vehicles.

A wild week of weather in Colorado continued overnight on Monday along the Eastern Plains where strong winds caused extensive damage to the towns of Akron and Haxtun.

A perfect storm of macro factors has supercharged several trends in the insurance industry, producing almost touchless processes for claims and enabling cycle times of seconds, minutes and hours instead of days and weeks.

Smoke continued to hang in the air Monday morning as firefighters mopped up hot spots after a huge fire destroyed a four-story apartment complex under construction in downtown Phoenix.

A tornado was spotted in downtown Orlando Saturday evening after severe storms were reported in the area. The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-1 tornado moved through Orlando, with winds reaching 100 mph to 105 mph.

Tropical Storm Cristobal downgraded to a tropical depression Monday morning as it continued to spiral north into Louisiana after a weekend that plagued Florida with tornado warnings including an EF1 tornado that damaged homes in Orlando.