Originally published in Insurance Business Magazine. Find your niche and think big – that’s the advice of ex-research meteorologist Robert Holmes who had since made waves in the specialty weather insurance space. Holmes is the brainchild behind Spectrum Weather and Specialty Insurance, one of Insurance Business America’s Elite Brokerages of 2017. Celebrate...
The Courier Tribune recently featured an interview with Spectrum Weather and Specialty Insurance president, Rob Holmes. "Rob Holmes has a business that not many people do. He works with customers — fairs, festivals and other event organizers — to examine the financial impact of adverse weather on their enterprise. As...
Spectrum was featured in the recent issue of Insurance Business Magazine as the top specialist broker for weather insurance. "Given the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather conditions, companies can no longer afford to let their businesses remain exposed. Backed by company president Robert Holmes' extensive experience in meteorology, Spectrum...
You may have heard 2016 was Earth's hottest year on record. You may also remember that 2015 was the hottest year on record before that, as was 2014 before that. Both NASA and NOAA declare that our planet is experiencing record-breaking warming for the third year in a row. This...
On Monday, August 21, 2017, the moon will pass in front of the sun, casting its shadow across all of North America. Although solar eclipses occur every six months, this will be the first total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States in 38 years. However, only certain...
The Gilbert Days festival on Saturday, Nov. 23, has been canceled due to heavy rain, but the annual parade and rodeo will be held rain or shine, organizers said. The parade down Gilbert Road, which begins at Juniper Avenue in the downtown Heritage District and ends south of Elliot Road,...
Rain is threatening to cancel the annual fall festival set on Halloween this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. downtown. With a predicted 100 percent chance of rain, organizer and Main Street manager, Bo Ellis is prepared to cancel the event if it’s still raining at noon the day of the event. “We...
Midland motorists drove through a rainy mayhem Sunday that led to numerous cases of flooding throughout the county. The heavy rain caused the cancellation of a few area events, including the CAF AirSho and the Old Sorehead Trade Days in Stanton, according to officials with each event. The National Weather Service...
It’s been three weeks since the KC and the Sunshine Band concert on Old Falls Street was canceled due to rain. The Hard Rock Café, which was paid $42,000 by the city to put on the concert, has not returned the money, according to City Controller Maria Brown. The Reporter confirmed that as...
