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Typhoon Chaba Hits Southern Japan
Aug 30 2004 // Typhoon Chaba, packing 130 mph (210 km/h) winds, struck the Southern Japanese Island of Kyushu earlier today, knocking out electrical power to some 300,000 homes, and causing 6000 people to be evacuated to higher ground,...
S.C Hit by Tropical Storm Gaston
Aug 30 2004 // South Carolina residents steeled themselves for a battering early Sunday as Tropical Storm Gaston, just under hurricane strength, picked up speed as it spun toward the South Carolina coast. Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., who...
Zenith Estimates Losses Related to Hurricane Charley
Aug 27 2004 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported its initial estimate of losses in its assumed reinsurance business attributable to Hurricane Charley. Zenith currently expects that its net after tax loss from Hurricane Charley...
European Insurers Consider Certain Terrorist Risk Exclusions for Airlines
Aug 26 2004 // Europe’s leading insurers are reportedly considering several clauses in airline insurance contracts that would exclude coverage for attacks involving chemical, biological and nuclear materials. The effort, headed by...
Shasta County Declared Disaster after Wildfires
Aug 26 2004 // Shasta County, California was named a state disaster area Aug. 25 after wildfires swept through several communities there earlier this month. The fires burned 23,000 acres, destroying 106 homes and several historic...
CNA Announces Preliminary Loss Exposure Estimate Related to Hurricane Charley
Aug 26 2004 // CNA Financial Corporation reported its preliminary estimate of net losses related to Hurricane Charley. While it is too early to estimate precisely the financial impact on CNA of this catastrophe, based upon information...
ProCentury Announces Limited Exposure to Hurricane Charley
Aug 26 2004 // Ohio-based ProCentury Corporation, a specialty property and casualty insurance holding company, announced it expects to have limited losses attributable to Hurricane Charley. Based on estimates generated from catastrophe...
RLI, CFC, Midland Issue Charley Loss Estimates
Aug 26 2004 // Two Cincinnati insurers and Peoria, Ill.-based RLI issued preliminary loss estimates relating to Hurricane Charley, which swept across portions of the Southeastern United States nearly two weeks ago. Cincinnati Financial...
Typhoon Aere Hits Taipei; South China on High Alert
Aug 25 2004 // Even as Typhoon Aere continued to ravage Northern Taiwan and the capital Taipei with 84 mph (140km/h) winds and heavy rains, authorities on the Chinese mainland were preparing for the storm’s arrival. Aere has...
Safeco Estimates Losses From Hurricane Charley
Aug 25 2004 // Seattle-based Safeco announced that claims stemming from Hurricane Charley are estimated at $45 million in pretax catastrophe losses. This figure represents the estimated losses both from claims received through Aug. 24,...
ISO: Insurers to Pay Estimated $6.8 Billion on Charley
Aug 25 2004 // U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $6.8 billion for insured property losses from Hurricane Charley, according to preliminary estimates by ISO’s Property Claim...
Strategic Planning is Key to Wildfire Recovery
Aug 25 2004 // As the anniversary of the 2003 wildfires approaches, fire survivors may face deadlines for replacing possessions and for the additional living expenses provided by their home insurance coverage. A careful review of their...
Fla. Notes ‘Bridge Loans’ Available Following Charley
Aug 25 2004 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has announced the activation of Florida’s Small Business Emergency ‘Bridge Loan’ Program to provide emergency, short-term loans to businesses located in counties most severely...
Platinum Estimates Net Impact From Hurricane Charley at $20 Million to $35 Million
Aug 24 2004 // Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. announced that on the basis of currently available information, it estimates that after-tax losses from Hurricane Charley, net of reinstatement premiums, will range from $20 million to...
Typhoon Aere Bearing Down on Taiwan
Aug 24 2004 // Typhoon Aere is reported to be on a collision course towards Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, after pelting the northern portion of the island with high winds and rain. According to forecasters’ estimates the storm is...
White Mountains, Montpelier Re Hurricane Charley Loss Estimates May Top $100 Million
Aug 24 2004 // In separate announcements Bermuda’s White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. and its insurance operation, Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., released estimates of losses the companies may suffer as a result of claims from...
Starr Foundation to Donate $1 Million to Hurricane Charley Relief Efforts
Aug 24 2004 // An announcement from American International Group notes that the Starr Foundation will donate $1 million to the Hurricane Charley relief effort. “The donation, which will be managed by the Volunteer Florida...
Ohio Casualty Corp. Announces Loss Estimates from Hurricane Charley
Aug 24 2004 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced that it expects net catastrophe losses in the range of $6 to $8 million before-tax from Hurricane Charley. The catastrophe loss impact for Hurricane Charley is expected to add...
Right This Way! Hotels Make Room for Risk Management
Aug 23 2004 // In the months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. hospitality industry took a one-two punch. Travel and tourism plummeted as worried Americans canceled vacation plans and cautious businesses cut back on trips....
Charley Not as Bad as Andrew but Bad Enough
Aug 23 2004 // As the remnants of Hurricane Charley disintegrated off the New England coast Aug. 15, Florida officials estimated the storm caused $5 billion to $11 billion in damage to insured homes. At least 15 people were killed. The...
