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Understanding Natural Disasters and the Insurance Industry

Note From The Editor
risk industry cyber insurance

Natural disasters are an inherent part of the insurance industry. They are a problem that the industry has been fighting for as long as it has existed, and the battle is fraught with conflicts that insurers often lose. There is no such thing as absolute protection from natural disasters. Floods will cause damage despite the best efforts made to keep waters at bay, earthquakes will shake buildings to rubble, and tornadoes will blow houses apart. The best that the insurance industry can do is offer aid for the recover from…

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Tornado insurance claims head to court in Oklahoma

G. Turner
tornado insurance Oklahoma

At least 28 homeowners who were victims of twisters are suing their insurers for inadequate payments. After devastating twisters ripped their way through Oklahoma, at least 28 homeowners have found that their tornado insurance payments have not been adequate to allow them to rebuild their homes or to move on to new ones equivalent to what they had before their lives were turned upside down. The complaint isn’t that the payments aren’t being made, but that they aren’t paying enough to compensate for the damage. One of the homeowners taking…

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State agency seeks to provide guidance on homeowners insurance issues

Nordstrom
Illinois homeowners Insurance

Homeowners insurance confusion could be a problem for Illinois residents A powerful tornado swept through Illinois earlier this week, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. The city of Washington was one of those that suffered most from the natural disaster, which destroyed more than 500 homes and damaged property throughout the entirety of the city. The devastating event has caused some confusion concerning homeowners insurance and natural disasters, which has spurred the Illinois Department of Insurance to take action. Agency to provide one-on-one counseling sessions for disaster victims…

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Insurance industry to study U.S. and Canada’s “new normal”

Julie Campbell
Insurance Industry Hail, tornado, wind research

New research has now been funded to help to quantify the risk associated with hail, tornadoes and wind. Verisk Analytics company, Atmospheric Environmental Research (AER), has announced that it has received funding from the insurance industry and financial sector companies for a new emerging risk program being run by its scientists, called Climate Change: Tornado and Hail, in order to help to quantify any shifts that have occurred in the severe thunderstorm hazard patterns in Canada and the United States. It is believed that the result will be a “new…

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Insurance industry feels financial impact of Oklahoma tornados

Marc
Oklahoma tornado damage - homeowners insurance industry

Insurance industry sees payments top $1 billion The Oklahoma Department of Insurance has released the financial information concerning a powerful tornado outbreak that struck the state in May of this year. The information suggests that the tornado outbreak may be one of the most costly natural disasters in the state’s history. Insurance Commissioner John Doak claims that the financial impact of these tornadoes is staggering and notes that the rebuilding effort for communities stuck by tornadoes has only just begun. The cost of these disasters could have a significant impact…

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Homeowners insurance recommended for Oklahoma residents

G. Turner
Oklahoma Tornado homeowners Insurance

Officials in the state have been urging residents to consider the “hard to insure” program for their homes. The head of the homeowners insurance department in Oklahoma has released a statement that is currently urging residents to consider taking part in the “hard to insure” program to obtain coverage for their homes. This recommendation comes on the heels of over $1 billion in claims payments from May’s severe tornado damage. John Doak, the commissioner for Oklahoma, issued a statement at the end of the week that reminded residents of the…

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Tornado insurance claims have already surpassed $250 million in Oklahoma

G. Turner
Tornado insurance

Homeowners, property, auto, and other claims have contributed to this massive and growing total. According to the state commissioner, the tornado insurance claims from May in Oklahoma have already risen to the point that they have reached $250 million and they are expecting to surpass that total quite quickly before long. The devastation that was caused in the Oklahoma City area in May was staggering. Since May 19, there have been over 32,000 total tornado insurance claims on various different types of policies. This, according to Commissioner John Doak’s data.…

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