Insurers May Take $4.3B Hit from Hurricane Zeta in U.S

Insurers are bracing for a hit of about $4.3 billion from Hurricane Zeta in the United States, catastrophe modeling company Karen Clark & Co (KCC) said on Monday. At least six people were killed in the southeast of the United States and more than 2 million people were without power on Thursday after Hurricane Zeta… Continue reading Insurers May Take $4.3B Hit from Hurricane Zeta in U.S

Hurricane Zeta Impacts Reach Far Inland, Loss to Well Surpass $1B: Aon

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Impacts and in particular wind damage from hurricane Zeta have spread far inland across the United States, bringing back memories of Isaias earlier this year. Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe risk analytics and meteorology unit of insurance and reinsurance broker Aon, said that insured losses from the storm that made landfall late Wednesday in Louisiana would… Continue reading Hurricane Zeta Impacts Reach Far Inland, Loss to Well Surpass $1B: Aon

Hurricane Zeta Makes Landfall in Southeastern Louisiana as 27th Named Storm of Season

Hurricane Zeta struck southeastern Louisiana Wednesday afternoon, lashing the northern Gulf Coast with strong winds and life-threatening storm surge and testing a region of the U.S. already battered by several storms this season. Zeta made landfall near Cocodrie, La.—a fishing village in Terrebonne Parish, south of New Orleans—as a Category 2 storm with 110 mile-an-hour… Continue reading Hurricane Zeta Makes Landfall in Southeastern Louisiana as 27th Named Storm of Season