Weather Risk

The move comes as the state's insurance market has started to stabilize.

The risk-based insurance pricing model has met resistance from some who argue that these practices are discriminatory.

Roughly 25,000 tourists are stranded in Jamaica.

The storm could bring dangerous mudslides and flooding and wipe out critical infrastructure.

In a world where "climate change" concepts could become less fashionable, it helps to know the ideas advanced by skeptics.

The record losses come at a time when there are fewer funds available to help devastated areas.