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Estimate of Losses From Devastating Hawaii Wildfires Increases to $14B-$16B
Aug 14 2023 // AccuWeather increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from the devastating wildfires burning in Hawaii to $14 to $16 billion. The update follows AccuWeather’s preliminary estimate last week of...
AccuWeather: Damage and Economic Loss from Wildfires in Hawaii $8B to $10B
Aug 10 2023 // AccuWeather’s preliminarily estimate of the total damage and economic loss from the wildfires burning in Hawaii is from $8 billion to 10 billion. The worst of the fires hit the Island of Maui, with the Lahaina area...
Wind-Driven Hawaii Wildfire Destroying Maui Tourist Town
Aug 9 2023 // A wildfire erupted in Maui on Wednesday fueled by strong winds from Hurricane Dora, destroying homes and businesses in a tourist town and forcing some residents to jump into the ocean to escape the flames. The Associated...
Compensation for New Mexico Wildfire Victims Tops $14M and is Climbing
Aug 7 2023 // More victims of a devastating wildfire sparked last year by the U.S. Forest Service in northern New Mexico are getting compensated, with payouts to landowners totaling more than $14 million as of early next week, federal...
Europeans Lack Insurance Protection as Wildfires and Drought Batter the Region
Aug 3 2023 // Europeans are among the least insured against certain types of extreme weather and other natural disasters in the developed world, a predicament made more worrisome as the continent suffers a summer of devastating heat,...
Blazing a New Trail: Oregon Wildfire Regulatory Compliance
Aug 2 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Due to the ever-changing insurance market, property and casualty insurers across the country face multiple challenges today that can commonly disrupt their business...
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