The ongoing winter storm event in the United States, named winter storm Uri, is thought likely to become the largest winter storm loss on record for the insurance and reinsurance industry, while the Texas insurance regulator said it could have a bigger impact than hurricane Harvey.

Historic winter weather has frozen much of Texas, leading to surreal scenes in regions of the state that are known for being hot and dry.

While much of the snow and ice from last weekend's winter storm has melted, hundreds of thousands of Oregonians are still without power, heat, internet and other services.

Former American Family and GEICO adjusters on Monday described their carriers as focused on cost and indifferent to safety in comments to Washington state lawmakers.

Can the COVID-19 virus cause ‘direct physical loss' to an insured business thus triggering coverage under a commercial business interruption policy of insurance?