Tropical Storm Isaias Isaias made landfall in North Carolina as a category 1 hurricane late Monday causing coastal flooding, structural fires and collapses, and power outages for more than 500,000 homes and businesses. Now downgraded to a tropi…
Hurricane Isaias is brewing and forecasted to impact the islands of the northern Caribbean and the southeastern U.S. with heavy rain, winds and building seas. With hurricane season upon us and activity in the Atlantic starting to heat up, Sedgwick ha…
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Tropical Depression 8 Forecasters are predicting that this tropical depression could strengthen into Tropical Storm Hanna and begin impacting a portion of the Gulf Coast on Friday. Heavy rains are expected along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the…
New Zealand’s Far North was hit hard with a once-in-500-years storm, leaving much of Northland flooded. The worst affected areas received over 250mm of rain in 24 hours, forcing residents to evacuate their homes, farms and businesses due to flooding.…
Sedgwick Canada's Coralee Harder, regional vice president of the western region, discusses the most expensive hail storm in Canadian history.
Fueled by high temperatures and dry weather, several active wildfires are burning across the western U.S., prompting evacuations along with road and recreation area closures. Red flag warnings and elevated fire weather conditions continue in some are…
Stephen Hope, Executive Director and head of MCL in Asia, was interviewed for this article
Cristobal struck with tropical storm strength on Sunday, causing heavy rain and storm surge along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and parts of the western area of the Florida panhandle. Forecasters predict up to 12 inches of rain in some areas and warn t…
Welcome to Subsidence Watch 2020. This year we are aiming to issue a monthly edition, to keep our clients fully briefed on developments as they evolve throughout the season. As we have seen over the past year, meteorological conditions are diff…
Sedgwick's James Ong, CEO of Asia, contributed to this article
The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by Cyclone Amphan — the biggest cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal in two decades. The powerful cyclone made landfall on May 20, killing more than 90 people across India and Bangladesh. …
Typhoon Vongfong, the first named typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season, made landfall in the Philippines late on Thursday, May 14. The typhoon is also known as Ambo in the Philippines. Packing sustained wind speeds of 125 kilometers per hour…
Sedgwick's Wayne Cheng contributed to this article
An ice jam caused the Athabasca River to burst its banks, sending floodwaters into Fort McMurray, Alberta. The disaster caused 15,000 residents to evacuate and more than 200 rescue operations. There have also been reports of property damage with resi…