An earthquake with a revised magnitude of 6.5 hit Nevada on Friday morning, about 225 miles northwest of Las Vegas near the California border, the US Geological Survey says. The quake occurred at 4:03 a.m. local time, the USGS says. It was 4.7 miles deep. At least four aftershocks were reported.

Damage assessments of flood-ravaged communities used to rely on post-disaster surveys. That’s changing. Scientists at one of the nation’s leading climate research consortiums last week released an “augmented reality” smartphone application that simulates how floodwater would inundate specific houses under varying storm surge conditions.

Another year, another "preseason" tropical storm. Tropical (or Subtropical) Storm Arthur is likely to form over the next few days, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday, giving the system a 70% chance of development within the next five days.

With the official start of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season just one month away, there has likely never been a more important one for the insurance industry.

Since March, the coronavirus pandemic has impacted virtually every aspect of life across the globe, and its effects have been unprecedented, in both their scope and speed of impact. Even after the U.S. and other countries attempt to ease lockdowns and restore some level of normalcy, the ripple effects will continue.

The ability to micro-census — that is, to gather granular data about individual homes and businesses and use it to inform underwriting — will lead to the biggest changes in flood insurance since the launch of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 1968.

Between the industry’s digital disruption and now the practicing of social distancing related to COVID-19, the processes of a catastrophe response, both field and desk adjusting, are undergoing significant changes.

The commissioner of the Pennsylvania Insurance Department on Monday reminded businesses statewide of the importance of complying with Governor Tom Wolf’s orders for counties in the red and yellow phases of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Florida is now dealing with a second disaster unfolding amidst the pandemic: A wildfire raged out of control in Santa Rosa County late Wednesday in the Panhandle, destroying homes, forcing emergency evacuations and shutting down nine miles of Interstate 10.

There is a belief that business closure orders by civil authorities trigger civil authority coverage in business income insurance policies if the orders allege property damage of some kind. This is a misconception that is typical of generalizations about insurance contracts that come from the failure to actually read the policy language.

April 2020 was one for the severe weather history books. The preliminary count of 351 tornadoes last month is the second most for any April on record, according to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.

In order to help their clients, and generally, help the society, auto insurers have begun issuing refunds to auto insurance policyholders in response to dramatic drops in driving as much of the country remains in lockdown.

Thousands of Tennesseans impacted by devastating March and April tornadoes have turned to insurance companies for relief. And, after the novel coronavirus pandemic shuttered businesses across the state, business owners are doing the same.

A powerful tornado with winds reaching 115 mph cut a path from Montebello to East North Street on Saturday night, uprooting massive trees, tearing apart business facades and leaving thousands without power.

A storm is rising, and it isn’t the type which causes damage to homes and vehicles. It causes damage of a much more insidious nature. Following a storm or other natural disaster, canvassers hired by the “hail cartel”—lawyers or opportunistic general contractors—can be found blanketing a neighborhood and knocking on doors.