Improved personal auto results and lower catastrophe losses helped U.S. property and casualty insurers return to strong underwriting profitability. Claims severity and litigation-related costs remain significant concerns for carriers.

Extreme heat, damaging winds, power outages and flash flooding are becoming familiar parts of summer across Maryland's Chesapeake Bay region. Residents and property owners are weighing the cost of preparedness against increasing weather risks.

Forecasters expect fewer Atlantic storms due to El Niño conditions, but growing property values, flood coverage gaps and elevated catastrophe exposure continue to challenge insurers, brokers and claims professionals.

A large plume of dry air and dust from Africa is reducing conditions favorable for tropical storm formation across the Atlantic, though hurricane risks remain as the season progresses.

A Moody's analysis found that uninsured residential flood losses could exceed $1 trillion in an extreme flood scenario, with most counties carrying significant protection gaps and growing exposure beyond FEMA flood maps.

As data center construction accelerates worldwide, new research finds that flood, heat, wildfire, wind, and drought exposures are becoming significant drivers of operating costs, insurance demand, and long-term asset performance.

A Hawaii weather team's simulation of a direct hurricane strike on Pearl Harbor highlights the potential for catastrophic wind damage, storm surge losses, and major challenges for emergency responders, insurers, and property owners.

Illinois has recorded 140 tornadoes in 2026, prompting the National Insurance Crime Bureau to warn residents about contractor fraud schemes that often emerge after major disasters. The alert comes as severe convective storm losses continue to generate tens of billions in insured claims annually.

The National Hurricane Center increased development odds for a disturbance expected to move into the Gulf, with flooding concerns growing for Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi and tropical watches potentially needed this week.

New research finds that extreme coastal flooding events once considered rare are occurring far more often due to sea level rise linked to human-caused climate change. The findings carry significant implications for insurers, catastrophe planners, and coastal communities.

Utility warns record electricity demand could force outages in the Carolinas unless generators are allowed to temporarily exceed environmental permit limits during a multi-day heat event.

Gallagher's 2026 survey finds business owners increasingly integrating risk management into operations as concerns grow over AI, cyber threats, supply chain disruptions, and severe weather exposures.

A trailer carrying fireworks caught fire on Interstate 75 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, forcing highway closures as explosives launched across multiple lanes of traffic. No injuries were reported, but the incident highlights transportation and cargo-related insurance risks.

Heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Boris could trigger flooding and mudslides across Guerrero and Oaxaca. Insurers and catastrophe response teams are watching for potential property and infrastructure losses as the storm approaches landfall.

As communities recover from tornadoes, floods, wildfires, and other disasters, NICB says contractor fraud schemes are becoming more sophisticated, with roofing scams, inflated mitigation claims, and assignment of benefits abuse among the most common threats.