Sentences with phrase «catastrophic weather events»

In the wake of record catastrophic weather events, bigger, more expensive homes, and aging infrastructure, insurance companies are changing their approach to home insurance.

Finally, an insurance company may raise the rates in a state where they have recently lost money in paying numerous claims following catastrophic weather events.

Third, climate disruption inevitably results in catastrophic weather events that occur more frequently, are more intense, and last longer.

With the expectation that climate change will increase the frequency of catastrophic weather events like Katrina, «We thought it would be very important to try to get a very detailed understanding of what happens to people after these big disasters,» Gallagher said.

To create these pieces, Cave layered mappings of catastrophic weather events onto brain scans of black youth affected by PTSD.

Of course, annual rates may be slightly more expensive in higher crime areas or in places where catastrophic weather events, such as tornadoes, hurricanes or devastating brush and forest fires are prone to occur more frequently.

Are Florida homeowners doomed to pay exorbitant fees to protect themselves against catastrophic weather events and other kinds of damage?

«Global warming results in catastrophic weather events,» a Pakistani geographer and water specialist says.

Fields primarily represents insurance companies in coverage disputes and high - exposure bad faith cases arising from catastrophic weather events.

The combined costs of a series of catastrophic weather events and a one - off hit to its Northern operation forced QBE's profit down 248 per cent, compared with profit a year earlier of $ US844 million.Dividends also took a hit, with the insurer declaring a final dividend of 4 cents per share, down from the 33 cents payout a year ago.

The combined costs of a series of catastrophic weather events and a one - off hit to its Northern operation forced QBE's profit down 248 per cent, compared with profit a year earlier of $ US844 million.

Katrina «made suffering in relationship to a catastrophic weather event unavoidable,» he said.

A study led by Amy Savage, a Rutgers University - Camden assistant professor of biology, will help researchers understand how to make predictions and conservation decisions about how organisms living in cities will respond to catastrophic weather events.

But, to authors and publishers, Virginia Tech, Anna Nicole, and catastrophic weather events aren't only something to think about.

And it should include science on CO2, global temperatures, rising seas, catastrophic weather events, and how our children can be prepared to adapt to a planet that within 100 years is likely be 5 degrees warmer than it is today.

Those vehicle owners could be on the hook for as much as the first $ 5,000 in car repairs after a catastrophic weather event.