Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company, the target of the investigation, maintains they followed accepted practices ...

In the United States, Florida is probably the state most synonymous with hurricanes. Though it’s not quite the hurricane ...

followed by Hurricane Irma hitting parts of the Caribbean and Florida in September. The same month, Hurricane Maria ...

Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. has agreed to return more than $30 million to Florida’s hurricane fund and pay $4 million ...

One of Florida’s largest homeowners insurance companies is paying the state $6.5 million to settle allegations it filed “fraudulent” Hurricane Irma claims. Fort Lauderdale-based Universal ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.

when Category 4 Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key, and 2023, when Category 3 Hurricane Idalia hit in the Big Bend region of Florida. The year 1984 is also similar to the current atmospheric ...

AccuWeather predicts 13-18 named storms in the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Seven to 10 are expected to become hurricanes and 3-5 could have a direct impact on the U.S. Water temperatures ...

AccuWeather is predicting 2025 could be a year with "volatile hurricanes" and warns storms could rapidly intensify shortly before making landfall. That's not welcome news for anyone who has been ...