Natural disasters

Of the 15 states most affected by natural disasters, California and Florida had the highest non-renewal rates in 2024, a Weiss Ratings study found.

Hurricane Melissa thrashed Cuba, unleashing landslides and flooding in the nation's second-largest city.

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The dangerous storm was about 50 miles south-southeast of Negril, Jamaica, at the western tip of the island, the US National Hurricane Center said in an 9 a.m. New York time update.

The seemingly unstoppable rise of catastrophe bonds may now be eroding the market share of reinsurers.

Jay Koh, a private equity veteran and former Carlyle Group Inc. executive, says investors should be paying a lot more attention to the new economy forming around extreme weather.

Preliminary insured losses for the first nine months of 2025 already stand at about $105 billion, according to a report Wednesday by Gallagher Re.

Many businesses are overlooking the full extent of their climate risk, even after they've experienced the impacts of more extreme weather first-hand.

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Larger states are more likely to have funds for prevention of natural disasters and responses to these events, says Chip Merlin, an attorney who represented Hurricane Katrina survivors.