Santa Rosa and Escambia counties account for the majority of reported claims as insurers begin processing hurricane damage, with many early closures resulting in no payment.
Investigators allege the couple deliberately set fire to their property, then collected $10,000 in insurance payments. Cellphone records, witness statements and evidence recovered from the scene contributed to the criminal case.
Wind gusts reaching 50 mph, dangerous surf and repeated tidal flooding threaten coastal communities from North Carolina to New Jersey as forecasters monitor the storm for possible tropical development.
The Category 2 hurricane made landfall near Destin, Florida, with 105-mph winds, damaging homes, flooding communities and leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity across the Southeast.
Eight buildings containing 13 residences were red-tagged after repeated storms and heavy surf damaged homes, breached coastal defenses and further collapsed portions of Long Beach’s historic boardwalk.
Evacuations are underway along parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hurricane Isaias threatens the region with damaging winds, several feet of storm surge, flooding rain and possible tornadoes.
Isaias is forecast to become the first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 before making landfall along the central Gulf Coast late Friday. Storm surge, damaging winds and heavy rainfall could produce widespread property losses from the coast well into the Southeast.
Improved imagery, broader acceptance and pressure to handle more claims with fewer adjusters are making drones an increasingly routine part of property inspections.
Mutual of Wausau alleges a thermostat and thermal protection failure in an Amazon Basics coffee maker caused a Wisconsin house fire, prompting a $301,936 subrogation action against Amazon.
Sedgwick’s 2026 loss adjusting outlook points to retiring adjusters, fragmented AI systems, complex infrastructure losses, catastrophe volatility and rising valuation disputes as major pressures on property claims organizations.
A Triple-I and Guidewire HazardHub case study found substantial differences in wildfire exposure among properties within the same California ZIP codes, suggesting parcel-level modeling could provide a more precise view of risk and mitigation.
Greenville homeowners saw insurance costs rise 15.8% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, as hail losses, higher rebuilding costs and broader insurance-market pressures reached South Carolina’s Upstate.
Moisture left behind by Hurricanes Odalys and Polo is combining with a western storm system to produce heavy rain across the Southwest and Plains, raising the risk of flash flooding, property damage and difficult travel through Friday.
NOAA’s National Weather Service has expanded its experimental Flood Inundation Mapping system from 60% coverage to nearly the entire U.S. population, providing neighborhood-scale estimates of where river and stream flooding could occur.
A strengthening coastal storm is already producing flooding and beach erosion in the Mid-Atlantic and could bring damaging winds, heavy rain and additional coastal flooding to New York and New England through the weekend.
