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Oct 5 2015 BOISE – Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has signed a proclamation declaring this as Fire Prevention Week. The Idaho State Fire Marshal’s key message for the event is to encourage smoke alarm...
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Dec 8 2011 2011 set a new record of 12 separate billion+ dollar US weather/climate disasters according to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The aggregate damage total is estimated to be...
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Sep 7 2011 Now at the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, like the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, it is a day that lives on in infamy for a new generation of Americans. But 9/11 was...
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Aug 17 2011 An initiative to build a "weather-ready" nation is being launched by the National Weather Service, in response to the
nine separate natural disasters the US has experienced so far in 2011....
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Aug 2 2011 After just six months, 2011 is already the most expensive catastrophe year for the insurance industry on record, according to a ProgramBusiness.com story taken from
The Guardian. Through...
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Jun 23 2011 April period witnessed the largest tornado outbreak in world history. May period includes two of the costliest tornadoes ever recorded. Yes, it was really THAT bad - 3 times the average of...
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May 5 2011 Five separate severe weather outbreaks in April will result in combined insured losses in excess of $4 billion, according to Aon Benfield report. The first outbreak, from April 3-5,...
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Mar 18 2011 Global supply chain disruptions for thousands of multinational companies that rely on Japanese manufacturers for goods and services, as well as for sales, will be significant and last up to...
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Mar 18 2011 If you lived in the shadow of a nuclear power plant would you have any insurance to cover your loss due to a nuclear accident? As events unfold at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
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Mar 17 2011 Based on currently available information, the estimates of insured property losses from Japan's earthquake are between $15 billion and $35 billion USD according to
AIR Worldwide, a pioneer...
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Mar 17 2011 The cost of natural disasters can be counted in many different ways - loss of life, overall economic loss both public and private, insured and uninsured property loss, loss of business...
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Mar 17 2011 Insurers and reinsurers worldwide have the financial strength to pay the claims that will emerge from Japan's 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the resulting tsunami but these events, coupled...
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