January 2017

At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco residents awoke to the shaking of a massive M7.8 earthquake. Structures throughout the city were destroyed, and for at least four days, 50–60 fires burned and devastated the shattered city.

This past weekend the Southeast region of the United States experienced an outbreak of reportedly more than 40 tornadoes, including a deadly EF-3 event in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Aaron Michel, senior engineer at AIR Worldwide, sat down with Claims Journal to discuss risks expected to affect supply chains in 2017, and how both corporations and insurance companies are approaching these risks.

Ten years ago, on January 18 and 19, 2007, Winter Storm Kyrill tore across a wide swath of Europe bringing destructive winds and rain.

Most recently, the western coast of the U.S. has been pummeled by a series of powerful storms that brought significant amounts of precipitation in the form of heavy snow and pounding rain to areas in California and Nevada.

Well, AIR’s first client hurricane contest has come to a close.

It is snowing in Boston this morning—not much, but enough to remind me that winter is here. When a snowstorm is in the offing, the first question people usually ask is: "How deep is it going to be?"