Latest Catastrophe Headlines
All the headlines from our Catastrophe Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hispanics in Naples, Fla., lacked info about Hurricane Wilma
Jan 1 2006 // Hispanics in Florida reported they lacked directions and information in Spanish to assist them in preparing for Hurricane Wilma and to tell them what to do and where to go. Rocio Ayala, a Naples resident told the Sun-Times...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 1 2006 // For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at...
Hurricane experts Max Mayfield, Bill Bailey to speak
Jan 1 2006 // Two leading hurricane experts, Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, and Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center will speak during the Feb. 8 to 11, Seventh Annual Windstorm...
Jan 1 2006 // Gulf Coast: A ‘tough place to do business’ More than 100 insurance and risk management executives and industry analysts attending a Future Focus conference in Charleston, S.C., predicted that catastrophic...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 1 2006 // For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 1 2006 // For the cleanup of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we work...
2005 P/C industry in a word: Resilience
Jan 1 2006 // The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of return on average surplus of 9.5 percent through the first nine months of 2005, marginally below the 10.5 percent average return recorded during...
Hurricane mediation program underway in Louisiana
Jan 1 2006 // Beginning January 3, 2006, Louisiana residents whose Hurricane Katrina or Rita insurance claims are in dispute will have the opportunity to mediate their claim at no cost, according to the Louisiana Department of...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 1 2006 // For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at...
Meeting Today’s Challenges and Preparing for Tomorrow’s
Jan 1 2006 // Several pressing public policy issues remain to be debated in the Gulf region and across the country. At the forefront is the question of how we, as a nation, will finance losses from future mega- catastrophes. Weather...
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
Jan 1 2006 // For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at...
Jan 1 2006 // Carriers View Gulf States As ‘Tough Place to Do Business’ More than 100 insurance and risk management executives and industry analysts attending a Future Focus conference in Charleston, S.C., predicted that...
6 Hurricane experts Max Mayfield, Bill Bailey
Jan 1 2006 // Full agenda slated for Feb. 8 to 11 windstorm conference 6 Ga. legislative meetings successful 30 legislators, 102 agents attend IIAG events 8 Tenn. bill would require sinkhole coverage Legislator suggests adding new...
PIA of Louisiana resolutions seek hurricane relief assistance
Jan 1 2006 // Thanking insurance companies on behalf of Louisiana insurance agents and the policyholders they represent for the carriers’ hard work and assistance in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Professional...
Despite concerns, new study shows no shift in Midwest faults
Jan 1 2006 // The earth under the New Madrid Seismic Zone either isn’t shifting or is barely shifting at all, say three independent university analyses of a global positioning system stations stuck in the ground and monitored for...
Hurricane Katrina Leveled Pascagoula, Miss., Home of U.S. Sen. Trent Lott; He’s Suing State Farm for Damages
Jan 1 2006 // U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., is suing his insurance company over damages to his beachfront Pascagoula home, which was leveled by Hurricane Katrina. The law office of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, Lott’s...
New federal terrorism reinsurance differs from original in key
Jan 1 2006 // Right before going home for the holidays, Congress reconciled different House and Senate versions and approved an extension of the federal terrorism reinsurance program in the form of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision...
USDA: $200 Million for Fla. Agriculture Hurt by Hurricanes
Dec 30 2005 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated at least $200 million (euro168 million) for Florida growers and farmers who suffered losses from the 2005 hurricanes, officials said. The funds were included in last...
Allstate Units Agree to Coverage Checks Sought After Ariz. Wildfire
Dec 30 2005 // Two Allstate Insurance units have agreed to implement new procedures to re-evaluate coverage needs of homeowners – steps sought by Arizona regulators in the wake of consumer complaints after a devastating 2003...
Rural Ala. County Buys Insurance Against Foreign-Based Terrorism
Dec 29 2005 // A rural south Alabama county has boosted its insurance coverage to cover any attack by a foreign-based terrorist group after a discussion over such an unlikely event. The Clarke County Commission approved the $7,000 annual...
