Each year, one thousand tornadoes are reported in the United States. In 2002, there were over 843 tornadoes causing 55 deaths and thousands of injuries. Before the start of the 2003 tornado season, there have already been 60 of these windstorms resulting in 10 deaths. The largest tornado-related loss in...
MATTHEW MacDERMOTT LONDON - New initiatives are emerging to provide more advanced analysis and prediction of U.K. windstorm risks. U.K.-based reinsurance broker Willis Faber Re and the U.K. Meteorological Office recently launched a new, joint venture MATTHEW MacDERMOTT LONDON - New initiatives are emerging to...
LONDON - New initiatives are emerging to provide more advanced analysis and prediction of U.K. windstorm risks. U.K.-based reinsurance broker Willis Faber Re and the U.K. Meteorological Office recently launched a new, joint venture computerized windstLONDON - New initiatives are emerging to provide more advanced ...
PEMBROKE, Bermuda -- RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:RNR) today announced the successful completion of the first Northeast Hurricane Mitigation Leadership Forum held July 10-11, 2008 in Newport, Rhode Island. The Forum was co-sponsored by RenaissanceRe's affiliate, WeatherPredict Consulting Inc., non-profit organization Federal Alliance for Safe Homes - FLASH[R], and the University...
After more than two months in a confined space, two bald eaglets are expected soon to stretch their wings and fly from the home nest to start their journey as adults into the world. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Watchable Wildlife program...
With his 1994 sensation The Hot Zone, science writer Richard Preston terrified millions by describing how the Ebola virus left victims hemorrhaging from every orifice. In his new book, Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science (Random House,...
By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL CHAPMAN - Don and Betty Anders strung patriotic decorations around the trunks of two trees still standing in their front yard Friday morning. Several yards behind the trees were the remains of...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Allied Insurance claim representatives continue to assist customers in Kansas and Nebraska in response to recent windstorms, hail, and tornadoes. Policyholders with storm damage should call the Allied claims hotline at 1-800-282-1446. Procedures are in place to provide quick response to...
A windstorm that rolled through Beaver County Tuesday evening took down 15 power transmission poles, cutting off electricity to Beaver City, Milford and Minersville. Rocky Mountain Power spokesman Dave Eskelsen said crews were already on the scene, and more personnel were being called...
Title: "Farewell, My Subaru" Author: Doug Fine Publisher: Villard Pages: 211 Price: $24 In a nutshell: Journalist Doug Fine has paved the way for a new career as a comedian with this entertaining yet informative...
Bermuda's involvement in the world of insurance began in 1947, when C.V. Starr decided to form his new insurance company, American International Company, Ltd., on this small island. Further expansion of the island's insurance roots came in 1960 when Fred Reiss began forming captive insurance companies here. Since that...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A tornado warning interrupted Illinois lawmakers Friday evening, sending them scurrying to the state Capitol basement as warning sirens blared and storms moved through central Illinois. Lawmakers, lobbyists, reporters and secretaries packed the tunnels beneath the 120-year-old building for about 45 minutes as powerful...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Allied Insurance claim representatives continue to assist customers in Iowa in response to recent windstorms, hail and tornadoes that caused damage in the state. Policyholders with storm damage should call the Allied claims hotline at 1-800-282-1446. To date, Allied Insurance has received more than...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Allied Insurance claim representatives are assisting customers in Iowa in response to recent windstorms, hail, and tornados that caused damage in the state. Policyholders with storm damage should call the Allied claims hotline at 1-800-282-1446. Procedures are in place to provide quick response to...
Selected for Asset Modeling and Risk Aggregation PURCHASE, N.Y. -- DFA Capital Management Inc. DFA, the leading provider of Enterprise Risk Management solutions to the insurance industry, announced today that Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. TMR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.,...
New Insurer Leverages Success in Other Complex Coastal Markets to Launch Its Expansion CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Ross Buchmueller, president and chief executive officer with PURE Risk Management, today announced the South Carolina launch of Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange PURE, a specialist insurer dedicated exclusively to serving the owners...
New advances are challenging conventional wisdom and forcing insurers to reassess coastal and inland flood risk. With the 2008 hurricane season approaching, the insurance industry is in the midst of its final preseason effort to quantify catastrophic exposure. Traditionally, the focus has been on the catastrophic...
While this season's Southeastern Conference SEC men's college basketball tournament proved to be especially exciting, one of its games stands out from the rest. During the second round of the tournament, which was played in Atlanta's Georgia Dome stadium, Alabama trailed Mississippi State until Alabama guard Mykal Riley sunk...
The Water and Power Authority's governing board unanimously approved more than US$2.6 million in agreements and contracts to pay for property insurance and power generation unit repairs, reports The Virgin Islands Daily News (March 28, 2008). The largest contract was a US$2.25 million annual...
MiniCo helps agents capitalize on the growing self-storage business From a few boxes of memorabilia to a lifetime's worth of possessions, Americans increasingly are making use of self-storage facilities. Running the gamut from large national chains to local mom and pop businesses, these facilities face a...
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