Texas hailstorm News

KCC Estimates June Texas Hailstorm Losses at $1B

The impact from a June hailstorm over Texas with baseball to softball-sized hail is expected to cause over $1 billion in insured losses, according to catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark and Company. The storm occurred June 10th to 13th as …

Hailstorm Pounds Dallas/Fort Worth Region Overnight

Just after midnight, strong storms packing hail as large as baseballs caused extensive damage to homes and vehicles in the cities of Carrolton and Coppell, north of Dallas. Residents are reporting vehicles with windshields that have been knocked out and …

Allstate Racks Up Big March Losses from Southwestern Hailstorms

The Allstate Corp. this week announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of March of $638 million pre-tax, and an estimated $827 million pre-tax for first quarter 2016, in the wake of severe hailstorms in the Southwestern and Southern U.S. …

San Antonio Area Hit with Grapefruit-Sized Hail, Flooding

Hail as big as grapefruits left behind broken windows and other storm damage in parts of South Texas Tuesday night. The National Weather Service says the San Antonio area has a chance for additional thunderstorms through Wednesday. Hail fell over …

Attorneys, Insurers Facing Off over Hail Litigation in Texas

The vestiges of twin hailstorms that ravaged the south Texas coast in 2012 are now blowing through the halls of the Capitol in Austin. Two of the state’s most-powerful lobbies, the insurance industry and trial lawyers, are gearing up for …

Dallas Hailstorm Insured Losses Could Reach $2 Billion

Insured losses from the massive hailstorm that struck the Dallas area on Wednesday could reach as much as $2 billion, making it one of the most costly storms of its type in U.S. history, an insurance organization said on Friday. …