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The latest CAT

Nor’easter brings snow and power outages to the Northeast

March 15, 2023

The first nor’easter of the season has hit the Northeast, bringing heavy snowfall and causing widespread power outages.

The storm hit late Monday night and is expected to taper off Wednesday. It brought over two feet of snow to parts of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts – with up to three feet in isolated areas of high elevation – according to the National Weather Service.

The heavy, wet snow, coupled with strong winds of up to 50 miles per hour, has brought down power lines and threatened to down trees. As of Tuesday night, more than 250,000 people were without power from New York to Maine, according to the national outage tracker PowerOutage.us.

We’re here to support you
In addition to providing our adjusting services, we are here to support you and your insureds through repair solutions, temporary housing, building consulting, contents and inventory solutions, forensic advisory services and engineering. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact our property team listed below.

To report claims, contact our CAT intake center for immediate setup and assignment.
P. 800.479.9188
E. newassignment@sedgwick.com

Noreaster National Weather Service

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Keith Meerholz

SVP, northeast region

212.266.4258
Beau Bishop

SVP, catastrophe operations

601.500.0221
Gail Oliver

SVP, sales and marketing

302.521.4985

The latest CAT

Major flooding hits Auckland, New Zealand

January 30, 2023

On Friday, 27 January 2023, Auckland, New Zealand, declared a state of emergency after record-breaking rain caused flash flooding and widespread damage throughout the Auckland, Coromandel and Bay of Plenty regions. A state of emergency was also declared in Northland on 31 January as the region braces for more rainfall.

An estimated 249 mm (9.8 inches) fell in Auckland Friday, making it the city’s wettest day on record. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) reported that an entire summer's rain fell within one day. At least 5,000 homes and businesses have been assessed for flood and landslide damage, with that number expected to rise.


We're here to support you.
 We are ready to provide emergency assistance across the affected regions. Our New Zealand team is on the ground and well prepared to support you and your domestic and commercial customers. Our team is trained in identifying and supporting vulnerable customers and will focus on all priority situations.

In addition to providing our adjusting services, you can count on us to take care of your impacted customers through building consulting, major and complex loss, forensic accounting services, third-party administration and engineering.

We have alerted our colleagues in Australia and around the world so that extra resources can be brought in as necessary to maintain service delivery to New Zealanders in their time of need.

Catastrophe contacts:
If you have questions or need assistance, please contact our claim intake centre:

P. 0800 800 270
E. claims@nz.sedgwick.com

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Services

Contact: newassignment@sedgwick.com

Adjusting services

Highly qualified adjusters quickly mobilize to assess and manage disaster-related claims.

Building consulting

Wide range of consulting services, from traditional cost estimating and scheduling to total project management.

Contents and inventory solutions

Comprehensive and accurate contents inventory and adjusting services to control claim costs.

Engineering services

EFI Global, a Sedgwick company, leads the industry with engineering failure analysis, forensics, origin and cause investigations, environmental consulting, laboratory testing and specialty consulting.

Forensic advisory services

Forensic accounting, investigation and business income services for insurers, reinsurers and captive insurance companies to ensure claims are accurately quantified and resolved.

Marine

One of the industry’s largest and most experienced marine claims operations — responding to losses of significant size and complexity in over 65 countries.

Mitigation bill review

Ensures mitigation charges are fair and accurate by managing losses and reducing financial leakage.

Repair solutions

Managed repair, restoration and mitigation through our network of certified local, regional and national contractors.

Temporary housing

Provides high-quality, temporary housing and related services to displaced policyholders.

Training resources

Vale Training, a Sedgwick company, provides hands-on learning for insurance industry professionals, including estimators, examiners, appraisers and adjusters.

Valuation solutions

Insurance appraisals and reserve studies, including pre-loss inspections for buildings, personal property and equipment.

Our experts are here for you and ready to respond to a full range of CAT events worldwide:

  • Earthquakes
  • Floods
  • Hailstorms
  • Hurricanes
  • Mass tort
  • Pandemic
  • Product liability
  • Product recall
  • Riots/civil unrest
  • Third-party liability exposures
  • Tornados
  • Volcanic eruptions
  • Wildfires
  • Windstorms

Services

Adjusting services

Highly qualified adjusters quickly mobilise to assess and manage disaster-related claims.

Building consulting

Wide range of consulting services, from traditional cost estimating and scheduling to total project management.

Engineering services

EFI Global, a Sedgwick company, leads the industry with engineering failure analysis, forensics, origin and cause investigations, environmental consulting, laboratory testing and specialty consulting.

Forensic advisory services

Forensic accounting, investigation and business income services for insurers, reinsurers and captive insurance companies to ensure claims are accurately quantified and resolved.

Marine

One of the industry’s largest and most experienced marine claims operations — responding to losses of significant size and complexity in over 65 countries.

Mitigation bill review

Ensures mitigation charges are fair and accurate by managing losses and reducing financial leakage.

Valuation solutions

Insurance appraisals and reserve studies, including pre-loss inspections for buildings, personal property and equipment.

Training resources

Vale Training, a Sedgwick company, provides hands-on learning for insurance industry professionals, including estimators, examiners, appraisers and adjusters.

Our experts are here for you and ready to respond to a full range of CAT events worldwide:

  • Earthquakes
  • Floods
  • Hailstorms
  • Hurricanes
  • Mass tort
  • Pandemic
  • Product liability
  • Product recall
  • Riots/civil unrest
  • Third-party liability exposures
  • Tornados
  • Tsunami
  • Typhoons
  • Volcanic eruptions
  • Wildfires
  • Windstorms

Contact Us

Report claims

CAT intake center 800.479.9188

Contact Us

Africa and Middle East

Ken Maclean +27 83 453 4744
Mike Brogden +974 3343 5993

Asia-Pacific

Kimberley Daley +61 407 077 291
Nigel Cook +65 9179 8189
Stephen Kay +64 21 774 587

Europe

Michiel Jongeneel +31 6 23 878 236
Ben Price +44 7831 217510
Danny Donohoe +353 87 2583179
Ian McLennan +44 7825 089 310

Marine

Ton Schox +31 651 257 887

Insights


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