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Insurance industry could face losses of $5 billion from storms

May 27, 2013May 25, 2013 H. Cutner

American insurers may be facing a growing number of severe weather issues such as tornadoes. According to the disaster modeling company, Eqecat, the United States insurance industry could find that the insured losses from severe storms and tornadoes that occurred last week may come with a bill of $5 billion. The estimate from the firm falls within a range of $2 billion to $5 billion, with most linked to the Moore tornado. Though this is still quite early after the Moore, Oklahoma tornado from May 20, for the insurance industry…

Homeowners insurance checks to be expedited by New York Banks

March 6, 2013March 6, 2013 G. Turner

Homeowners flood Insurance hurricane sandy damage

Financial institutions within the state are making efforts to try to issue the payments more quickly. The New York Department of Financial Services has announced that five of the largest banks and mortgage service institutions within the state have assigned reps to help to make the homeowners insurance cash settlements more quickly throughout this week for the Sandy claims that have remained unpaid. There have been a number of different locations established in which those representatives can be contacted. The reps are available to homeowners insurance customers at various Disaster…

Insurance news from Zurich shows a massive $700 million superstorm bill

December 18, 2012December 18, 2012 H. Cutner

The European insurer has released the figures relating to its claims from Sandy. Zurich has just released its latest insurance news by becoming the most recent insurer to have connected its figures to the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, reporting that it is expecting that its net claims will reach approximately $700 million. These predictions are following closely on the heels of the figures release made by AIG. The numbers that were issued by AIG had forecasted that the storm would have generated post-tax net losses of approximately $1.3 billion.…

Insurance news from Western Canada may soon involve higher rates

December 15, 2012December 15, 2012 Julie Campbell

Severe summer storms in the province of Alberta caused massive amounts of insured damage. The severe storms that were faced by the Canadian province of Alberta are once again making insurance news as the millions of dollars in damages may now be sending rates in an upward direction. In August, insurers in Canada had to pay out approximately $550 million for a hail storm that hit Calgary. In July and August, the province faced three separate severe storms, which each made insurance news with their multimillion dollar price tags for…

Insurance news from AIG predicts $2 billion in Sandy losses

December 10, 2012December 8, 2012 H. Cutner

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…