
More Than 260 New Mexico Homes Burned By Record-Breaking Wildfire
A monster blaze churning in northern New Mexico for more than a month has blackened enough acreage to earn a place in the state’s record books. Aside from being the largest wildfire currently burning in the U.S., the fire moving over the Sangre de Cristo mountain range is now the largest in the arid state’s recorded history.
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May 17, 2022
Property
New Mexico
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Highlights From "Fueling the Flames"
The First Street Foundation has expanded its portfolio of peer reviewed, property specific, climate adjusted physical risk models with the launch of the First Street Foundation Wildfire Model, estimating the risk of wildfire on a property-by-property basis across the United States today, and up to 30 years into the future.
May 16, 2022
Catastrophe
Property

Death Toll Climbs After Derecho Across Midwest, Northern Plains
The death toll has risen to three after storms packing hurricane force winds and at least one tornado tore through parts of the Midwest and Northern Plains Thursday.
May 13, 2022
Auto
Property
Minnesota
South Dakota

Coastal Fire Torches 20 Upscale Homes In Laguna Beach Area
A wildfire near Laguna Beach, California, has already destroyed 20 homes and will likely continue to ravage the region throughout the day.
May 12, 2022
Property
California

New Tool From UCF-Led Team Shows Homeowners And Renters The True Cost Of Disasters
In some areas of the Southeast, such as Florida, the housing market is booming, but with hurricanes and other natural disasters posing annual threats, the true cost of owning a home in the region may be largely unknown.
May 12, 2022
Property

Drowning In Dirt: Fill-And-Build Home Lots Raise Community Flood Risk
The soul of this Florida Panhandle city lives in the Tanyard, a 200-year-old neighborhood so steeped in history that locals give it an extra capital ‘T’ -- as in ‘The Tanyard.’ It has also seen big-T troubles: Jim Crow-era segregation, heavy industrialization, multiple hurricane batterings, and a half-century of disinvestment and blight.
May 11, 2022
Legislation & Regulation
Property
Florida
Louisiana
South Carolina
Texas

Outer Banks Home Falls Into Ocean, More Could Follow
A beach home along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday, May 10, and the National Park Service fears more are likely to fall in the coming days.
May 10, 2022
Property
North Carolina

Atlanta Firefighter Shortage Threatens Safety, Insurance Rates
Atlanta homeowners could pay more for insurance if a firefighter shortage continues. The department is down close to 200 firefighters as they leave for better and safer jobs.
May 9, 2022
Property
Georgia

Drones, Phones And Loss Control: How Inspections Changed Amid The Pandemic
Loss control strategies had to pivot amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and while many insurance carriers reverted to ‘Old School’ loss control inspections via the phone, some took it even further, industry experts share during a Canadian Underwriter webinar.
May 9, 2022
Property
Underwriting

Severe Weather Leaves Damage Across The Southern Plains
Multiple significant tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma and adjacent north Texas late Wednesday, destroying structures while storm chasers jammed roadways. Hail as large as baseballs and torrential rain also accompanied the storms, which brought dozens of reports of flooding in eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas.
May 6, 2022
Auto
Property
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas

New Mexicans Prepare To Evacuate As Wind-Driven Wildfire Grows
Wind-whipped flames raced across more of New Mexico’s pine-covered mountainsides on Monday, closing in on a town of 13,000 people where some residents hurried to pack their cars with belongings, others hustled to clear brush from around their homes, and police were called in to help evacuate the state’s psychiatric hospital.
May 3, 2022
Property
New Mexico

Man Used Face Mask To Frame Ex-Girlfriend In Arson Plot
A Clermont County man accused of creating an elaborate scheme to burn down his own house and frame his girlfriend will not face and jail or prison time.
May 2, 2022
Fraud
Property
Weird
Ohio

Nearly 300 Buildings Damaged Or Destroyed In New Mexico Wildfires
Crews are finally getting a better look at the area scorched by two massive wildfires northwest of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Officials say the fires damaged or destroyed more than 150 homes, and that number could get higher.
April 28, 2022
Property
New Mexico

Property Insurance Expansion Approved By Colorado Legislature
Victims of Colorado’s wildfires could soon benefit from more assistance from their property insurance companies as the state’s legislature recently approved changes.
April 27, 2022
Legislation & Regulation
Property
Colorado

Hurricanes Ida, Laura Losses Total Over $20B In Louisiana
Hurricanes Laura and Ida has resulted in over $20 billion in insurance losses, insurance commissioner Jim Donelon said.
April 26, 2022
Catastrophe
Property
Louisiana



