Flood

Just last week the Harris County Flood Control District released the list of mitigation projects that would be funded by the county's USD 2.5 billion flood infrastructure bond proposal. Can mitigation measures on this scale be worthwhile investments?

Read about the costliest natural disaster of 2013 and how the data from these heavy floods has been integrated into AIR’s latest inland flood model.

The sea level has risen globally in the last century and climate change is the culprit. Inaction during Sunny Day Floods is especially unacceptable.

On May 27 dramatic flash flooding wreaked havoc in the historic center of Ellicott City, 13 miles west of Baltimore in Maryland. This event hit the headlines, thanks to dramatic video footage and because it is even worse than the major flooding in July 2016.

In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey dumped some 30 trillion gallons of water over the Houston, TX, area. How much water is that? What were Harvey's impacts? How many homeowners with flooded homes had flood insurance? What can be done?

Flood defenses come in many forms and do a great job of protecting lives and property, but they are expensive, require maintenance, and can fail.

The economic losses from floods in India have been increasing over recent decades and it is more important than ever that insurance companies make prudent underwriting decisions.

Canadians have suffered an increasing number of natural and man-made disasters that have devastated communities and cost insurers more than CAD 5 billion in 2016 alone.

Five years ago Hurricane Sandy made a sharp left turn and slammed into the coast of New Jersey. While a total of 24 states were affected, Sandy will be remembered not for wind damage, but flooding.

AIR's damage survey team was in Naples and Bonita Springs on Wednesday, September 20 in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma's track through Florida.