With all the great things spring brings us, it delivers that nobody likes — hail and hail damage. Hail visits us every spring due to the cold air from the north clashing with the warm, humid Gulf of Mexico air and sets the stage for intense thunderstorms. These storms cause weather events from strong winds and […]
With an expanding population and more emerging businesses, property exposure to wind and hail-exposed areas is increasing. As a result of an aggregation of values and increases in losses from natural disasters, we’re seeing more property carriers adding high wind and hail deductibles on their commercial line policies. Many insureds decide to “buy down” deductibles […]
The annual cost of hail damage in the U.S. has surpassed $22 billion a year. Hail inflicts serious damage to homes, cars, crops, and people. It’s common for storms to produce hail the size of baseballs. At impact, these baseball-sized chunks of ice are moving at anywhere from 80 to 110 mph. When you imagine […]
