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Hurricane Sandy beats Katrina in claims

Hurricane Sandy Flood Insurance New York Storm

Hurricane Sandy generating more claims than Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Sandy may be little more than a bad memory for some, but the insurance industry is still reeling from the impact of the storm. The storm struck eastern states very hard, generating massive storm surges that caused widespread floods in New York and its neighboring states. Hurricane Sandy generated thousands upon thousands of flood insurance claims. The National Flood Insurance Program is reporting that it has received more claims than it had seen from 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. Sandy shows more in…

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Insurance news from AIG predicts $2 billion in Sandy losses

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AIG Insurance company CEO - Building in Manhattan

The superstorm has taken its toll on the states and insurers are starting to release their numbers. AIG has announced that it expects to have lost $2 billion in pre-tax costs due to superstorm Sandy’s impact on the United States. This was revealed at the same time that it said it would be making a $5 billion sale of its aircraft leasing business. The storm, which smashed its way across the American Northeast coast led to more than 100 deaths and made insurance news with its vast amounts of property…

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Auto insurance estimates for damage from Sandy reach 230,000 vehicles

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Homeowners flood Insurance

The NICB has released its preliminary estimates from the superstorm, showing most is in NY. The National Insurance Crime Bureau has now revealed its preliminary auto insurance estimates for vehicles that were damaged when Sandy came crashing through. The NICB believes that there were around 230,000 vehicles affected by the storm. The auto insurance estimates have indicated that of that total, around 130,000 are located in the state of New York, while another 60,000 are in New Jersey. The remaining 40,000 vehicles in that total are from Maine, Washington D.C.,…

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Insurance Information Institute sees premiums rise in wake of Hurricane Sandy

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Insurance Information Institute notes homeowners insurance rates are on the rise and have been for some time Hurricane Sandy is expected to have a significant impact on homeowners insurance premiums in the Northeast U.S., according to the Insurance Information Institute. The trade association suggests that major storms like Sandy often have an impact on insurance rates, but Sandy is not the only factor that is going into the growing premiums of homeowners insurance coverage. The Insurance Information Institute suggests that premiums have been growing since mid-2011 and that Hurricane Sandy…

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AIR Worldwide Updates Loss Estimates for Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy

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Homeowners flood Insurance

BOSTON, Nov. 26, 2012 – Since Sandy made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone on October 29, 2012, in southern New Jersey, catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has been analyzing the storm’s characteristics and impacts. Informed by the latest available information on surge height and extent from the USGS, surface wind speed observation data, and findings from AIR’s post-disaster survey teams, AIR now estimates that insured losses from Sandy will be between USD 16 and USD 22 billion. AIR estimates include wind and storm surge damage to onshore residential, commercial and…

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