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3 days ago | 
financialpost.com | Brian Sullivan |Alicia Diaz |Alicia Díaz |Lauren Rosenthal
Advertisement 1Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a congressional hearing that the US National Hurricane Center was fully staffed even though key positions are going unfilled as hurricane season begins. Article content(Bloomberg) — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a congressional hearing that the US National Hurricane Center was fully staffed even though key positions are going unfilled as hurricane season begins.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
propertycasualty360.com | Brian Sullivan
A firefighter sprays water as the Franklin Fire burns in Malibu, Calif., on Dec, 10, 2024. (Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)(Bloomberg) — A Southern California wildfire whipped by “particularly dangerous” winds destroyed homes, shut schools and spurred the evacuation of thousands of people near Malibu this week. Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
propertycasualty360.com | Brian Sullivan
(Bloomberg) — Hurricane Milton roared ashore in Florida near Sarasota late on Wed., Oct. 9, knocking out power to more than 3 million customers and causing widespread flooding. But officials were cautiously optimistic that damage won't reach the level wrought by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Governor Ron DeSantis said Florida avoided a "worst-case scenario" even as emergency crews start assessing damages and dealing with widespread power outages.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
propertycasualty360.com | Brian Sullivan
Hurricane Milton is an active, rapidly intensifying tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico. (NOAA/Wikipedia Commons) (Bloomberg) — Milton has become a dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it churns toward Florida's western coastline, prompting evacuations and storm surge watches in a region that's still recovering from Helene's devastation.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
propertycasualty360.com | Kristen Beckman |Brian Sullivan |Ryan Gregory |Cynthia Carter
Beyond proper insurance, proactive mitigation practices can help the hospitality industry reduce its exposures. (Credit: Andrey/Adobe Stock) Hotels, motels, restaurants and resorts are subject to an array of perils and exposures including trips and falls, theft, alcohol-related accidents, natural disasters and cybersecurity breaches.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
propertycasualty360.com | Brittney Meredith-Miller |Joe Toppe |Brian Sullivan
The number of customers who are bundling their home and auto insurance policies with the same carrier has declined significantly in 2024, J.D. Power reports. This is driven, in part, by the number of insureds who plan to change their auto insurance carrier without changing their homeowners policy. Overall, 21% of customers say they "definitely will" also switch their home insurance if they change their auto policy, which is down from 24% who said the same in 2024.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Brian Sullivan |Scott Squires |Mary Hui
(Bloomberg) -- Hurricane John, a compact but powerful storm, came ashore on Mexico’s Pacific coast — pushing a dangerous surge in front of it and unleashing deadly flooding rains across the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Brian Sullivan |Scott Squires |Mary Hui
Extreme Weather1 day agoHelene forecast to rapidly intensify and hit Florida as a major hurricaneCNN • 1dCNN — An area of thunderstorms in the Caribbean is expected to develop into Hurricane Helene and rapidly intensify over the exceptionally warm Gulf of Mexico before slamming into the United States’ Gulf Coast later this week as a major hurricane.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
propertycasualty360.com | Brittney Meredith-Miller |Ray Sugrim |Brian Sullivan |Joe Toppe
Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm on September 11. (Credit: EvgeniyQW/Adobe Stock) Insured losses in the United States from Hurricane Francine are estimated at around $1.5 billion, according to Karen Clark & Company's modeling. This includes business interruption and automobiles, as well as privately insured damage to residential, commercial and industrial properties, but does not include boats, offshore properties or National Flood Insurance Program losses.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
redshirtsalwaysdie.com | Brian Sullivan
Despite being one of the oldest characters in Star Trek history, Captain Christopher Pike wasn't really a compelling character until Anson Mount took the role in Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery. Even then, it has taken Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for Pike to really come into his own as a likable, inspirational lead character. Part of this is because he's not exactly like previous versions of Pike.
