A tropical cyclone forced Australia’s second-biggest coal port to close on Friday, bringing millions of tons of coal shipments to...
Disaster (Flood,Coastal,EQ,W-Fire,etc.) News
French reinsurer SCOR Group announced that based on preliminary estimates, it expects its related costs from the earthquake in Chile...
XL Capital Ltd’s preliminary net loss estimates for the earthquake in Chile and European Windstorm Xynthia indicated they will total...
When the swollen Red River threatened his house in Moorehead, Minn., last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack...
The Army Corps of Engineers will begin taking proposals next month for permanent replacements for pumps and floodgates at the...
A bulletin from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) indicates that many of its member countries “are re-examining their...
The Mississippi River is starting its spring climb with forecasters predicting a rise of more than a foot a day...
Major flooding has begun and is forecast to continue through spring in parts of the Midwest, according to the National...
The U.S. Senate has passed a measure to extend the federal flood insurance program until Dec. 31, 2010. The Senate-approved...
Hiscox Ltd. announced from its Bermuda headquarters that, from initial estimates, based on an insured market loss of US$8 billion...