October 2016

After years of negotiation, two historic climate change agreements aimed at mitigating the effects of global warming have finally come to fruition.

Within a week of Hurricane Matthew's close bypass along the southeastern coast of Florida on October 7, an AIR damage survey team was on its way south.

Unprecedented rainfall resulted in catastrophic flooding in Louisiana during August 2016, notably from August 8–15.

In 2016, 76% of total premium was written in Revenue Protection alone. Revenue Protection insures producers against both yield and price risk, paying out on the higher of two prices: the price established at planting and the price established at harvest.

Florida's near 11-year drought of landfalling hurricanes may have ended when Hermine came ashore 23 miles south of Tallahassee on September 2, 2016, but the most memorable U.S. hurricane of the season will most likely be Matthew.

Atmospheric rivers hit the headlines from time to time.