Insurance

September 21, 2022

Understanding Weather Risk: The Consequences Will Blow You Away

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to George Gallagher, who is a principal account executive at CoreLogic, to discuss how climate change impacts the risk factors against which homes are insured, as well as cover recently released SEC guidance that is intended to enhance and standardize climate-rel...

August 10, 2022

Know Your Past, Protect Your Future

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to the President of CoreLogic's Protect Division, Garret Gray to discuss the past, present and future state of hazard insurance as well as explore how technology will help this industry evolve into a more streamlined ecosystem.

May 11, 2022

Catastrophic change is pushing real estate to redefine protection

Host Maiclaire Bolton Smith talks to catastrophe risk management expert Tom Larsen about CoreLogic's 2021 Climate change Catastrophe Report to understand the financial consequences of the changes to our climate.

January 24, 2022

3 Predictions for How Insurers Will Better Protect Policyholders fr...

2021 proved to be yet another challenging year for property & casualty insurers with significant variations in reconstruction costs, growing threats to property from natural catastrophes, and the persistent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 29, 2021

Three Ways Property Underwriting Risk Assessment Has Changed in 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a major catalyst for change within the insurance industry. CoreLogic leads the pack with some of the best and most comprehensive reconstruction costs and prefill data.

August 17, 2021

New Technology Empowers Insurance Adjusters and Reduces Costs

When it comes to property insurance, total losses are not the daily norm for most property field inspectors. Most property insurance claims are small loss claims. Insurers assign most of these small claims to novice adjusters or third-party field inspectors. Sometimes, this can result in errors, ...

June 25, 2021

How Canadian Insurers Can Respond Faster After Hailstorms

In June of 2020, the city of Calgary experienced a devastating hail event, one of the top 10 insurance losses in Canadian history. The hailstorm was responsible for 1.3 billion Canadian dollars in damages as of January 2021[1], though it’s possible actual damages are much higher now that many mor...

June 21, 2021

What is Really Happening with Lumber Pricing?

The Facts Behind the Lumber Shortage The rapid increase of lumber prices has been all over the news throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and everyone seems to have their own explanation of why this trend has been occurring. From increased demand, to the lack of timber, to the Mountain Pine Beetle de...

April 23, 2021

5 Reasons Why Damages in Texas Were So Drastic

As climate change continues to increase the severity of natural catastrophe events, housing infrastructure across the nation is being challenged on a routine basis. In February 2021, a severe winter storm brought frigid arctic air and dangerously cold winds into the Mississippi Valley region. Mor...

April 22, 2021

Climate Change Unpacked: What Caused the Texas Freeze?

As climate change continues to alter our atmosphere, extreme weather is becoming a more frequent occurrence across the world. From February 14 to 18, 2021, much of the U.S. experienced one of the coldest snaps on record. The National Weather Service reported frigid Arctic air and dangerously cold...

March 29, 2021

10 Years Later: The Great Tohoku Earthquake

Located in one of the most seismically active regions of the world, Japan is no stranger to earthquakes. Ten years ago today, on March 11, 2011, a magnitude (M) 9.0/9.1[1] earthquake occurred on the Japan Trench. It was the fourth most powerful recorded earthquake in the world. This event wo...

December 14, 2020

An Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program

A Q&A with Scott Giberson Q: What is the NFIP? A: The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program established by the U.S. Congress in 1968. The NFIP has two primary purposes: to share the risk of flood losses through flood insurance and to reduce flood damages through ...