News by subject: NAT

Severe weather across Canada continues to highlight the financial costs of a changing climate to insurers, governments and taxpayers. Nationally, insured damage for severe weather events reached $3.1 billion last year, according to Catastrophe...

As Americans enjoyed the holiday season with loved ones, Winter Storm Elliott hit the nation from coast to coast. According to modeling and analysis conducted by Karen Clark & Co, the winter storm caused nearly $5.4 billion in insured losses across...

Harts Services, a top-rated Pacific Northwest plumbing company founded in 2013, advises area homeowners to consider installing a sump pump for added protection against home flooding during ongoing wet winter conditions....

Wildfires are becoming increasingly more frequent and severe all over the world with the climate crisis. Led by Koç Holding in cooperation with the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and guided by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the...

The California Fire Foundation announced today it will pledge up to $1 million in disaster relief to under-resourced communities heavily impacted by the recent deadly storms ravaging the state. ...

U-Haul® is making 10 Company-owned and -operated stores in California available to offer 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box® container usage to residents who have sustained flood damage and need assistance in the recovery process....

In response to severe weather in Alabama and Georgia, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) is expediting access to care for members who may be affected....

CPower Energy ("CPower"), the national leader in unlocking the power of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced that its customers provided more than 50GWh of load relief during Winter Storm Elliott in late December 2022, an...

Today, Krisis Protection announced the launch of its proprietary floodwater protection line of Krisis Flood Bags. The new product, a practical solution of military-grade watertight asset protection bags, is designed to help keep indoor home and...

Yesterday, Samaritan's Purse deployed disaster response teams to Selma, Alabama and Griffin, Georgia in the wake of devastating tornadoes that swept through the Southeast on Thursday. The major storm system resulted in the destruction of homes and...

Following a major storm system that swept across the southern United States with multiple tornadoes in Alabama and Georgia, Farmers Insurance® has mobilized its Catastrophe Response Team to assist impacted customers with claims....

Members of the media are invited to attend a technical briefing with officials from Infrastructure Canada for the launch of the next application intake for the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF). Date:               Monday, January 16,...

FirstEnergy Corp. has received an Emergency Recovery Award from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) in recognition of its outstanding response in restoring power to more than 287,000 customers in Ohio and West Virginia following severe weather that...

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) announced it is offering payment relief options to its customers affected by the recent storms in California. This broad outreach includes any Toyota Financial Services (TFS) or Lexus Financial Services (LFS) customers...

The Home Depot, in partnership with Imagine Entertainment, today premiered "Hope Builds," a new documentary detailing the devastating effects of natural disasters on communities nationwide and the human spirit that compels people to help each other...

Today, Tamara Vrooman, President & CEO at Vancouver Airport Authority, issued the following statement regarding a series of initiatives following the travel disruptions caused by winter storms in December. "We recognize that this past holiday season...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) continues its historic storm response effort, battling weather conditions and widespread damage to restore power to customers in Northern and Central California....

Krisis Protection today announced the launch of its proprietary floodwater protection line of Krisis Flood Bags, a practical solution of military-grade watertight asset protection bags that keep your home and business contents dry from floodwater...

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is offering new Winter Weather Ready resources to help home and business owners prepare their properties to prevent costly damage and lengthy repairs from the next winter storm. As the coldest...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) continues responding to the intense series of winter storms impacting Northern and Central California and has mobilized its largest storm response effort in company history....

In response to the war in Ukraine, the BEDGEAR Foundation, BEDGEAR's registered 501(c)3 arm, has partnered with North Outpost Charitable Fund and Help Ukraine Center to provide about 400 sleeping bags to areas near the war front in Sumy, Chernigov...

In response to severe winter storms in California, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) is expediting access to care for members who may be affected.  ...

With a historic series of winter storms damaging electric equipment and causing power outages, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) crews are mobilized throughout Northern and Central California assessing the damage and making repairs to restore...

Insured damages from Hurricane Fiona are now estimated at over $800 million, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). The previous insured damage estimate was $660 million....

Funding for the Airlink air bridge comes from a USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) grant to provide at least two charter flights a month until the end of January. In-kind freight forwarding (cargo pick-up...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is mobilizing personnel ahead of a significant wet and windy winter storm due to arrive across Northern and Central California Wednesday and into Thursday....

Leaders from Duke Energy today apologized to customers and regulators for the disruption caused by the company's actions to institute rotating power outages on Dec. 24 to protect the grid and vowed to learn from the experience to help prevent it from...

In late September 2023, Hurricane Ian took a devastating path through southeast and central Florida, causing major damage in its wake. Flood and power outages were widespread, and several Concert Golf Partners properties were impacted. The company,...

In response to the blizzard that struck New York, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) is expediting access to care for members who live in affected communities.  ...

Duke Energy has met today's expected peak energy demand in the Carolinas, thanks in part to customer efforts to conserve power after the weekend's arctic blast affecting power generation and delivery in much of the country....

A mix of freezing rain, snow and high winds resulted in widespread outages across our service territory since the morning. As of 3:30 pm today, Hydro Ottawa has restored power to over 100,000 customers since the start of the winter storm that has hit...

Duke Energy is monitoring and preparing for a winter weather system that may cause power outages across the Carolinas this holiday weekend....

In response to Gov. Gavin Newsom's declared state of emergency in Humboldt County, Health Net is providing special assistance to members affected by the earthquake. Health Net wants to ensure its members have access to essential prescription...

Today, Environment and Climate Change Canada presented the 27th annual edition of the Top 10 Weather Stories in Canada. This year's top stories feature damaging storms, heat events, and floods, clearly demonstrating that Canadians across the country...

The BNI Foundation, a US-based 501c3 organization, has announced The Heaters & Hope Initiative, which will supply safe and effective portable propane heaters to families with children in Ukraine that have been impacted by power outages caused by the...

Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Mayor of the City of Edmonton, announced more than $22 million in federal funding to help to reduce flood risk and...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has named Ali Sahabi, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Optimum Seismic, Inc. to her transition advisory team, which will provide advice and counsel through the first 100 days of her administration....

In response to tornados that struck Texas and Oklahoma, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (Blue Cross) is expediting access to care for members who live in affected communities.  ...

Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) joined  Evan Reis, Executive Director, US Resiliency Council (USRC) at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Dec. 1 to announce the creation...

HazAdapt, Inc., the groundbreaking startup building the next evolution of emergency and public safety engagement technology, was named the winner of IAEM's 2022 Technology & Innovation award. This honors building the next evolution of emergency and...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced a $300,000 donation (equivalent to IDR 4.6 billion) from the Boeing Charitable Trust to assist those who have been impacted by the recent Indonesian earthquake. "The damage caused by this earthquake is...

The Aid Card program, jointly initiated by the Bulat Utemuratov Foundation, ForteBank and the Red Crescent of the Republic of Kazakhstan, is celebrating its fifth year of operation since it began providing support to people affected by natural and...

Ahead of holiday guests' arrival, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) encourages homeowners to take simple actions to get Winter Weather Ready to reduce the possibility of costly damage and lengthy repairs during the most...

Arbol Inc. (Arbol), a global climate risk solutions platform, today announced the parametric reinsurance solution it developed covering hurricane risks in the state of Florida delivered a $10 million payout to Centauri Insurance, a property and...

It has been over 2 months since Hurricane Ian made landfall, and as the year comes to a close, Chico's FAS, Inc. (the "Company" or "Chico's FAS") is reflecting on the past year with thanks. Immediately after the storm...

1-800-PACK-RAT, a leader in the portable storage and moving industry, announced today that it has partnered with AngeLink, a crowdfunding 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, to kickstart a fundraising campaign for Hurricane Ian relief efforts in...

Neptune Flood Incorporated announced today that Matthew Duffy has been named Chief Risk Officer. Matt has spent the last eighteen months as Neptune's Director of Risk Management & Internal Audit....

Homeowners in Florida and Georgia are not the only ones who could fall victim to post-disaster fraud following Hurricane Ian. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the insurance industry leading association dedicated to predicting, preventing,...

Today, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada and Member of Parliament for Vancouver South, announced more than $21.7 million in federal...

Vertical Capital Income Fund (the "Fund") announced today it has completed all property inspections of the collateral supporting 34 loans owned by the Fund in the twenty-six counties (all in Florida) deemed by FEMA to be Hurricane Ian-related...