July 13, 2015
Colorado is asking federal disaster managers for a major disaster declaration in the wake of severe weather and flooding this spring and early summer that impacted 11 counties. The Denver Post reported the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency …
May 6, 2015
Drought and weather conditions across the West could create ideal conditions for simultaneous wildfires and make it tougher for Nevada to get out-of-state aid, fire officials said. Authorities from several agencies briefed Gov. Brian Sandoval this week in Carson City …
March 13, 2015
Specialty insurance underwriter HCC Specialty has formed a strategic alliance with Maryland-based Weather Analytics, a provider of precision climate, and weather data and analytics. Through this strategic alliance, HCC Specialty will have access to historical and real-time global hourly data …
October 30, 2014
This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Hail Damage by the Numbers Damage from convective storms continues to capture the attention of both the public and insurers because of the increase in the number of extreme weather …
September 30, 2014
Wet weather in recent weeks has left some of New Mexico’s green chile crop in danger. The Las Cruces Sun-News reported that a hail storm last week was the latest in a spate of precipitation to plague chile fields in …
September 20, 2013
As the sun peaked out of the normally bright blue Colorado sky, homeowners and businesses began to assess the damage done by the 100-year flood, as weather experts have labeled the devastating rain that pummeled the state’s Front-Range for the …
May 31, 2013
More dangerous weather, spawning baseball-sized hail and tornadoes, was predicted for Oklahoma and parts of the Ozarks on Friday after more than a dozen reported twisters in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, U.S. forecasters said. “The atmosphere will become extremely …
May 23, 2013
New Mexico is slipping further into drought, having marked the driest two-year period in nearly 120 years of record-keeping. National weather forecasters and water managers shared the latest statistics on New Mexico’s devastatingly dry conditions during a meeting Tuesday. They …
January 3, 2013
Philadelphia Insurance Cos. (PHLY) a property/casualty and professional liability insurance company for niche markets, has launched insurance coverage specifically designed to protect restoration contractors. These companies are typically hired – often by insurance companies – to clean up and restore …
November 19, 2012
Metar Weather is expanding the rollout of its weather risk protection insurance products to snow removal professionals, buyers of snow removal services and ski resort operators in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern regions to help protect them from winter weather …