Weather risk

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.

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.

Budget cuts at the federal disaster agency are forcing insurance carriers to rethink underwriting, reinsurance, and catastrophe modeling, and pivot accordingly.

Solar and wind energy companies protecting against climate-induced losses look to parametric insurance.

Even so-called 'low-risk' zones are now vulnerable to flooding from shifting weather patterns, overwhelmed sewer systems and rapid growth.

Nikki Devlin, CEO and co-founder of RIC, discusses how policyholders can use parametric insurance to recover from extreme weather events as these risks increase.

The backbone of American property insurance depends on data you've never thought about...until it's gone

ACORD's Somesh Mukherjee, vice president of solution architecture at ACORD Solutions Group, shares the complexities of technology used in weather-related claims processes.

Texas Hill Country saw $1.1 billion in property damage to residential buildings, according to preliminary Cotality estimates.

David Larson, U.S. head of loss control & risk management services at Ascot Group, on how tech can impact weather forecasting and natural disaster preparedness.