Posts by Hometown Insurance

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a final rule amending the instrument flight rules (IFR) altitudes and changeover points for several Federal airways, jet routes, and direct routes in Alaska. These changes are part of routine updates to ensure safe …

A tropical disturbance is expected to make landfall near the northern Gulf Coast Thursday afternoon, creating flash flooding conditions for parts of south-central Louisiana. A moderate risk of excessive rainfall is in place along the south-central Gulf Coast of Louisiana, …

The Travelers Cos. increased second quarter net income $975 million for a total of about $1.5 billion, and reversed an underwriting loss posted last year for the same period. Travelers’ second quarter underwriting profit was about $1 billion compared to …

A farmer in a rural suburb outside of Oklahoma City was fatally attacked by a pair of water buffaloes he purchased at a livestock auction a day earlier, police said. Bradley McMichael, a farmer in the small town of Jones …

A cockpit voice recording of doomed Air India Flight 171 indicates the younger co-pilot asked his more experienced colleague why he turned off the plane’s fuel-supply switches, according to people familiar with the matter. The information, from people who asked …

Hotchkiss Insurance, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, recently added three new partners: Riley Dearing, Jessica Goehring and Heather Etheredge. Dearing leads the West Texas region for the Hotchkiss Benefits Division. He gained experience across multiple industries before founding InCore Group, which …

The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw an urgent warning from the National Weather Service that had triggered an emergency alert to phones in …

How hot can a heat wave really get? Before June 2021, scientists thought they knew. That’s when one of the most extreme heat spikes ever observed hit western North America, leaving at least 1,400 people dead. Lytton, British Columbia, smashed …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Guy Carpenter and Moody’s Ratings. A summary of these new hires follows here. Guy Carpenter Promotes Hakes as Global Head of Marine, Energy, and Technical Lines Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance brokerage …

Collaboration between the public and private sectors, beyond just insurance, is essential to narrowing the so-called protection gap, as losses from natural disasters increase, said the head of a global insurance supervisors’ organization. The protection gap refers to the difference …