United Fire Group Inc., headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announced that it expects its first-quarter results through March to include...
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When severe snowstorms prevented life-sustaining fuel supplies from reaching the frozen Alaskan town of Nome, U.S. officials turned to a...
Ohio’s relatively low rates for property insurance are expected to rise in 2012 due to the damaging storms of recent...
The Insurance Australia Group has advised that its Australia Direct and CGU businesses have, “received approximately 20,000 claims following the...
Windstorms that hit southern Alberta in November have caused at least C$200 million [US$195] in insured damage, according to the...
A series of violent storms struck Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne on Christmas Day, causing wide spread damage to buildings...

From floods that crippled countries, to mega cyclones, huge blizzards, killer tornadoes to famine-inducing droughts, 2011 has been another record-breaker...
An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts...
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has issued a report on the heavy rains, which caused widespread flooding in France and...
Countries and megacities in Africa and Asia are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change over the...