Recent Natural Disasters | Calamities | Hazards

Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and wildfires, can cause extensive damage to homes, businesses, and infrastructure, leaving individuals and communities struggling to recover. As an insurance adjuster specializing in natural disasters, your role is critical in helping people navigate the complex process of filing insurance claims and receiving the financial support they need to rebuild their lives. Your work begins immediately after a disaster strikes, as you assess the damage to properties and determine the extent of coverage provided by the insurance policies. This involves inspecting buildings, documenting damage, and estimating the cost of repairs or replacement. Your goal is to ensure that policyholders receive fair and timely settlements based on the terms of their insurance policies. In addition to assessing damage, you also play a key role in providing support and guidance to policyholders throughout the claims process. This may involve explaining the

Natural disasters such as landslides can cause significant damage to properties and infrastructure in mountainous regions. For homeowners in these areas, it is important to have appropriate insurance coverage to protect against the financial impact of a landslide event. In this article, we will discuss natural disaster insurance coverage for landslides in mountainous regions, including the types of coverage available, key factors to consider when purchasing coverage, and references to relevant studies and resources. Types of Coverage Available There are different types of natural disaster insurance coverage available for landslides in mountainous regions. The two main types of coverage are: Property Damage Coverage - This type of coverage provides protection for the physical damage to a property caused by a landslide. It typically includes coverage for structural damage to buildings, as well as damage to personal property such as furniture and appliances. Business Interruption Coverag

February 20, 2019: The economic costs of 2018 natural disaster events came to US$225 billion with insurance covering US$90 billion of the overall total, according to “Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight – 2018 Annual Report" published by Aon. The insurance and reinsurance broker said that this makes 2018 the fourth costliest year on record of insured losses. Economic losses from natural catastrophes and severe weather events around the globe cost the economies of the world $225 billion, meaning that the protection gap, or portion of economic losses not covered by insurance, was 60% which Aon says is the lowest level since 2005. The biggest driver for natural catastrophes in 2018 was the tropical cyclone peril following several significant landfalling storms, including Hurricane Michael and Hurricane Florence (United States), Typhoon Jebi and Typhoon Trami (Japan), Typhoon Mangkhut (Asia), and Typhoon Rumbia (China). Each of those storms minimally caused at

Caribbean and Central American countries have formalized partnership for catastrophe risk insurance making Central American countries to be eligible to join a World Bank-backed insurance scheme. The Council of Ministers of Finance of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (COSEFIN) and CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) have signed a memorandum of understanding to allow Central American countries to join the sovereign catastrophe risk insurance pool.

The flood insurance claims filed by every Superstorm Sandy victims will be reopened and reviewed by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The flood insurance claims review will involve approximately 144,000 claims and not limit corrective action to 2,200 that are currently in litigation, AP reported.

The global economic losses from natural disasters in the world have continued rising to reach an average of $250 billion to $300 billion annually, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday. The 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR15), prepared by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) estimates that an investment of US$6 billion annually in disaster risk management would result in avoided losses of US$360 billion over the next 15 years.

The insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters totalled USD 34 billion in 2014, the preliminary estimation by Swiss Re’s sigma research unit has shown. According to the Swiss Re’s sigma estimation, total economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2014 were USD 113 billion, down from USD 135 billion in 2013. Out of the total economic losses, insurers covered USD 34 billion in 2014, down 24% from USD 45 billion in 2013.

The N.C. Department of Insurance has created the free website http://nchurriclaims.com to serve as North Carolina’s source of insurance-related information related to hurricanes and other natural disasters. It also claim to provide tips for before and after a storm, descriptions of insurance coverages, important contact information and more. Different news and information regarding hurricane is said to be updated in this site. This is what the website nchurriclaims.com claims. North Carolina Department of Insurance We work hard to serve the citizens and businesses in this state and we do so in a variety of ways, some of which may surprise you. You probably think the Department regulates insurance companies and agents — you are correct, we do. Any insurance business in this state first must be approved by the Commissioner, and companies and agents must meet rigorous standards before they receive a license to do that business. But did you know we also provide other services not