By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently updated its 2023 Atlantic hurricane season forecast, but not for the better. Prompted in part by record-warm sea surface temperatures, NOAA forecasters have increased their prediction for the ongoing 2023 Atlantic...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk When it comes to protecting our homes against weather and climate disasters, our perception of weather risks must match the current reality, which is constantly changing. For instance, the reason it seems like damaging weather events are happening...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting near-normal hurricane activity for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA forecasters predict a 40% chance of a near-normal season, a 30% chance of an above-normal season and a 30% chance...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Hurricane season 2023 is nearly underway, so it’s time to start preparing…today. Perfect timing too, because the first week of May is Hurricane Preparedness Week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sponsors this week to raise awareness of...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently updated its 2022 Atlantic hurricane season outlook. Despite relatively little storm activity so far, NOAA maintains that atmospheric and oceanic conditions still favor an above-normal 2022 hurricane season. “We’re just getting...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its predictions for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. For the seventh consecutive year, forecasters are predicting above-average storm activity. More specifically, NOAA predicts a 65 percent chance of an above-normal season,...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Did you know that the first week of May is Hurricane Preparedness Week? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sponsors this week to raise awareness of the hazards posed by tropical storms and hurricanes. And to encourage everyone...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Florida’s insurer of last resort, is planning to drastically increase the number of residential property inspections in the coming years. Citizens inspected roughly one percent of all its policies in-force last year and plans...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Did you know that the U.S. experienced 308 billion-dollar weather and climate disaster events since 1980? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the total cost of these events exceeds $2 trillion. Since 1980, the U.S. averaged...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration updated its 2021 hurricane season outlook and is now predicting more named storms than previously forecast. This is significant because the 2021 season is already breaking records—Hurricane Elsa became the earliest 5th...