Aon projects that economic losses from Hurricane Milton and additional events expected to take place during the rest of the year will push annual insured losses above the 2023 level of $125 billion. #NewsismyBusiness
The U.S. Commerce Department relief funding will support small businesses and provide technical assistance. #NewsismyBusiness
The researchers used computers to model almost 1 million hurricanes under simulated climate scenarios. #NewsismyBusiness #TheNewYorkTimes
The organizations will have a total of 818 home repair kits available. #NewsismyBusiness
Carriers have boosted their networks with backup batteries and generators to gap any power outages resulting from the brunt of a storm. #NewsismyBusiness
The Salvation Army is preparing to aid Puerto Rico and USVI communities during the upcoming hurricane season. #NewsismyBusiness
The preparedness efforts will continue in the coming weeks and months. #NewsismyBusiness
The goal is to promote community and business preparation for the hurricane season through educational and collaborative talks. #NewsismyBusiness
The agency will support critical services during an emergency through backup energy. #NewsismyBusiness
Telecom carriers have drafted plans that include stocking up on backup batteries and diesel to keep networks running. #NewsismyBusiness
Head of Center for a New Economy among speakers in natural disasters and resiliency panel.
Business managers must confirm that they have adequate insurance coverage.
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi has signed into law House Bill 478, opening a tax-free holiday during the last weekend of May, to buy articles and equipment to prepare for the hurricane season that begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30. “On June 1st we will start the hurricane season again and we already know that, given […]
The Center for a New Economy’s (CNE) Blueprint initiative presented a digital platform that helps identify and monitor the extent to which Puerto Rican families and households have been able to overcome the damages to their homes after Hurricanes Irma and María. Official government reports indicate that about a third of the housing units in […]
Raincoat, a microinsurance technology company based on the island, partnered with the Puerto Rico Children and Youth Rights Network to provide free microinsurance financial protection against hurricanes to 500 low-income Puerto Rican families and Network participants. Raincoat creates technologies to provide adequate protection to people facing adverse weather conditions and natural disasters. The policy offers coverage of up to $1,000 a year. “This […]
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