An insurance adjuster from Texas was sentenced to 20 years in prison for pocketing more than $200,000 in insurance payouts meant for St. Charles Parish residents who filed claims to repair damage to their property following Hurricane Ida, according to the St. Charles Parish District Attorney's Office.

One of the largest wildfires in Louisiana history is continuing to spread and threaten rural communities. The Tiger Island Fire, which started about five miles east of the Texas state line, doubled in size over the weekend, growing to more than 33,000 acres -- accounting for more acres of burned land than the state usually has in an entire year.

Hurricane Idalia struck the United States' southeastern coast this morning, making landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph.

Karen Clark & Co. on Monday said privately insured losses from Hurricane Hilary will be close to $600 million in the U.S.

As tropical storm Idalia continues to develop, the latest from the NHC forecasts a Category 3 major hurricane Idalia will approach the Florida coastline, leading BMS Senior Meteorologist Andrew Siffert to highlight the potential for any storm of this kind to be a multi-billion dollar insurance and reinsurance market loss event.

The National Weather Service now says at least 11 tornadoes struck northern Ohio as severe storms moved across the state late Thursday night into early Friday.

Seven tornadoes touched down in Michigan during the late-night thunderstorms that rapidly swept across the lower half of the state earlier this week, the National Weather Service said.

Two storms were intensifying Monday as the Atlantic hurricane season was getting into full swing. Tropical Storm Idalia was off the coast of Cuba on a potential track to come ashore as a major hurricane in the southern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said.

Meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center have raised the alert for a potential tropical depression formation in the Northwestern Caribbean Sea to 60 percent, with early projections indicating a path toward Florida's panhandle.

The slow-motion collapse of California's wildfire insurance market is about to force a political reckoning.

Citizens Property Insurance Company CEO Tim Cerio indicated on Tuesday night during a property insurance online forum with Senate Democrats that the company may be unable to pay out claims following another catastrophic hurricane without the use of surcharges for policy holders and assessments on Floridian taxpayers.

Severe storms powered by winds of up to 75 mph (121 kph) in Michigan downed trees, tore roofs off buildings and killed five people while leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power, officials said. The National Weather Service said Friday some of the damage may have been caused by two tornadoes.

Florida's ongoing battle with rising insurance rates has taken a new turn as the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has taken a stand against Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's latest proposed rate increase.

The estimated damage from two days of intense rain that fell on North Andover in August stands at $29,910,097.57.

As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ida approaches, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued a reminder about the approaching deadline for initiating legal proceedings against insurance providers.