Latest Catastrophe Headlines
All the headlines from our Catastrophe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. Public Hurricane Model Data Available Online
Jul 12 2006 // The Florida Public Hurricane Model is now available on the Office of Insurance Regulation’s website according to Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty. Statewide data showing aggregate results of insurance company...
Miss. Trial Could Help Decide Claims from Hurricane Katrina
Jul 12 2006 // Hurricane Katrina left thousands of Gulf Coast homeowners battling their insurance companies. A Mississippi police officer and his wife are the first to take their fight to court. A federal judge on Monday began hearing a...
IIAT Publishes Texas Agency Catastrophe Planning Guide
Jul 12 2006 // After 15 years of quiet, the Texas Gulf Coast woke up last year to the possibility of a windstorm so severe that it could devastate coastal property for years, affect the economy of the entire state, and strain the ability...
Florida State University Wins $6.2M Grant to Foretell Future Hurricane Strength
Jul 11 2006 // The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $6.2 million, five-year grant to the Florida State University Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Studies to develop a new tool that could possibly see the...
Sen. Smith Unveils ‘Comprehensive Plan’ to Fix Florida’s Insurance Woes
Jul 11 2006 // Without a real, comprehensive and workable plan, accumulating financial stress could destroy the viability of the Florida’s insurance market and leave millions of Floridians without affordable and reliable insurance...
La. Commissioner Orders Insurers to Extend Hurricane Prescription Period
Jul 11 2006 // Just over a month after he asked insurance companies in his state to voluntarily do so, Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donleon issued Directive 199 mandating that all companies insuring property in Louisiana...
Tenet gets $340M From Insurers for Hurricane Damage
Jul 10 2006 // Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. said insurance companies paid it $340 million to cover claims from Hurricane Katrina, which damaged five of its hospitals in the New Orleans area and one in Biloxi, Miss. Tenet said it...
Little Help from La. Lawmakers for Skyrocketing Insurance Costs
Jul 10 2006 // Louisiana homeowners hoping for relief from insurance bills that were boosted by the hurricanes received little help from lawmakers. Legislators lamented, complained and worried about rising insurance costs that could...
Storms Prove Costly for Insurance Industry, Wis. Company Says
Jul 10 2006 // While storms such as Hurricane Katrina grab the headlines, a string of smaller storms over the past few years has been taking a toll on insurance companies, industry officials said. Storm claim losses have been running...
Study Questions Effectiveness of Efforts to Deter Terrorism
Jul 7 2006 // Government attempts to deter terrorism can backfire and promote invigorated reprisals and a cycle of violence, according to a new study by University of Maryland researchers. The study is based on a review of what the...
Survey Shows Texans 50% Ready for Major Hurricane
Jul 7 2006 // Insured homeowners in Eastern and Southern Coastal Texas have, on average, taken roughly 50 percent of the steps to prepare their homes and property to recover from a major hurricane, according to a new Hurricane Readiness...
Country Star Donates More than $100K to Okla. Wildfire Fund
Jul 7 2006 // Country star and Warner Brothers recording artist Blake Shelton on July 6 presented Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland and Project Rebuild with a $108,000 check for Oklahoma wildfire victims in a...
Oregon Senators Unveil Plans for Uninsured, Catastrophic Care
Jul 7 2006 // Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith joined forces behind a proposal aimed at helping uninsured people get health coverage and those with insurance avoid financial ruin from a catastrophic illness. Smith and Wyden say...
American Family Insurance: Midwest Storms Prove Costly
Jul 6 2006 // While storms such as Hurricane Katrina grab the headlines, a string of smaller storms over the past few years has been taking a toll on insurance companies, industry officials said. Storm claim losses have been running...
British Definition of Terrorism Termed Overly Broad
Jul 6 2006 // Britain’s legal definition of terrorism may be too broad and may have to be refined, according to a lawyer who is advising the government. Lord Carlile, a senior barrister, has been appointed by the Home Office to...
ICAT Specialty Offering Residential Hurricane Product in Hawaii
Jul 5 2006 // ICAT Specialty Insurance Co. is offering residential named hurricane insurance for dwellings, apartments, town homes and condominiums in Hawaii. Written on an admitted basis, the product provides named hurricane coverage...
California earthquake insurance rates decreasing
Jul 3 2006 // California earthquake insurance policies issued by the California Earthquake Authority will see rate decreases by an average of 22.1 percent. Approximately 85 percent of CEA policyholders will see their rates reduced...
Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina
Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...
COLORADO WILDFIRES
Jul 3 2006 // Fraud on the Farm: USDA needs to control crop insurance program Artisan Contractors: Artful eye toward marketing pays off
Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina
Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...
