With all the great things spring brings us, it delivers that nobody likes — hail and hail damage. Hail visits us every spring due to the cold air from the north clashing with the warm, humid Gulf of Mexico air and sets the stage for intense thunderstorms. These storms cause weather events from strong winds and […]
With an expanding population and more emerging businesses, property exposure to wind and hail-exposed areas is increasing. As a result of an aggregation of values and increases in losses from natural disasters, we’re seeing more property carriers adding high wind and hail deductibles on their commercial line policies. Many insureds decide to “buy down” deductibles […]
As we enter the 4th quarter of 2020, there is no end in sight of increases in property and deductible prices. Extreme weather patterns are perhaps the only thing we can predict with accuracy. Combined with COVID-19, most of the property market continues to harden at an increasing rate, despite a strong capital position. So […]
The annual cost of hail damage in the U.S. has surpassed $22 billion a year. Hail inflicts serious damage to homes, cars, crops, and people. It’s common for storms to produce hail the size of baseballs. At impact, these baseball-sized chunks of ice are moving at anywhere from 80 to 110 mph. When you imagine […]
“Meteorologists have reported more tropical storm activity than usual.” Hurricane Harvey recently hit South Texas and Louisiana, causing mass flooding and an unprecedented $190 billion in possible damage. Hurricane Irma, which is expected to hit Florida in the coming days, is reported to be the second strongest Atlantic hurricane in history (second only to Hurricane […]