The Los Angeles area fires that started in early January have destroyed thousands of homes and businesses throughout the region. The fires triggered ongoing evacuation orders and warnings as communities coped with dangerous...more
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Zelle LLP invites you to join us for a week of webinars featuring insurance topics that are of critical importance to adjusters and insurance professionals. This series will cover managing insurance claims in the wake of...more
6/19/2019
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Typhoon Mangkhut, a Category 5 storm that ravaged the Philippines and China earlier this month, got us thinking about just how bad typhoons and hurricanes may become if the predictions of climate scientists continue to be...more
We’ve previously noted the risk of a major earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which runs from Vancouver, Canada to Northern California. This week, our friends at Temblor.net cited additional recent studies providing...more
The February 12, 2017 emergency evacuation of nearly 200,000 California residents living in and around the town of Oroville, downstream from the Oroville Dam, was a stunning reminder of the ironic danger created by major...more
Followers of the CAT-Law Navigator know that our blog posts often address recent earthquakes around the world. As catastrophes go, a massive earthquake is about as bad as it gets so it’s a natural topic for us. And if...more
Over a period of just 14 months in 2004 and 2005, no less than six hurricanes made landfall in Florida – basically back-to-back years of hurricanes coming at the rate of one per month during the height of hurricane season. ...more
“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." — Benjamin Franklin
On Dec. 12, 2015, in LeBourget, France, world leaders announced an agreement on a climate change accord which they touted as...more