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A year past Katrina: What has been learned?
Sep 25 2006 // Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also...
Agriculture industry starved for ways to reduce terrorism targets
Sep 25 2006 // The war against terrorism may be focused mostly in the Middle East, but people also should pay attention closer to home — especially to the U.S. agriculture industry, according to Dr. Jerry R. Gillespie, director of...
Texas agents urge legislators to address windstorm problems
Sep 25 2006 // The Texas Legislature’s Texas Joint Committee on Wind-storm Coverage and Budgetary Impact held a public hearing in Corpus Christi in late August, and two of the state’s agent associations–the Independent...
A year past Katrina: What has been learned?
Sep 25 2006 // Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also...
Creating more capacity on the Texas coastline
Sep 25 2006 // Writing property insurance in Texas can be a difficult proposition, especially in a time when the frequency and severity of catastrophic coastal storms is increasing. To address this problem, the Texas Joint Committee on...
A year past Katrina: What has been learned?
Sep 25 2006 // Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, everyone is also...
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Sep 25 2006 // Texas agents urge legislators to address windstorm problems The Texas Legislature’s Texas Joint Committee on Wind-storm Coverage and Budgetary Impact held a public hearing in Corpus Christi in late August, and two of...
Reinsurers adopt ‘wait and see’ posture at Rendezvous
Sep 25 2006 // News Currents For the first time in two years the high and mighty from the reinsurance world gathered for their annual Rendezvous in Monte Carlo without having to face the consequences of an ongoing catastrophe (Ivan in...
Most Americans favor mitigation policies while opposing subsidies for high risks
Sep 25 2006 // Most Americans favor public policies that could help to mitigate the damage caused by catastrophic natural disasters before they happen, but many Americans remain unprepared for a disaster in their own homes and...
P/C insurers’ performance exceeding Fitch estimates for 2006
Sep 25 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry showed continued favorable and improved operating performance in the first half of 2006 and, based on results and barring any unusual events going forward, the industry is...
One Year After Hurricane Rita Texas Insurers Offer Advice
Sep 22 2006 // As we approach the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Rita’s visit to Texas, residents along the Gulf Coast of Texas can and have learned a lot about the devastating effects of a hurricane, an insurance industry...
Panhandle Hosting Fortify Florida Expo
Sep 22 2006 // Pensacola will host the second in a series of free homeowner expos that combine the expertise of businesses and not-for-profit agencies to show Floridians how to make their homes more hurricane-resistant. “Fortify...
Hawaii Hurricane-Prepared Homeowners to Get Grant
Sep 20 2006 // Hawaii homeowners who have taken steps to strengthen their homes against hurricanes and windstorms could be reimbursed up to $2,100 under a new state program. Qualified homeowners will be eligible to get about a third of...
Hurricane Gordon Nears The Azores; Could Hit Europe
Sep 19 2006 // The “hurricane season” usually causes concern in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, along the western Atlantic seaboard and Bermuda. However, this year residents of those areas are beginning to breathe...
Hurricane Lane Ravages Western Coast of Mexico
Sep 18 2006 // Hurricane Lane, which had been heading northwest towards Baja California, made a sudden shift to the east on Friday, coming ashore on the Western Coast of Mexico north of Mazatlan as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum...
New Study Ties Global Warming to Stronger Hurricanes
Sep 14 2006 // Most of the increase in ocean temperature that feeds more intense hurricanes is a result of human-induced global warming, says a study that one researcher says “closes the loop” between climate change and...
Hiscox USA Launches Terrorism Insurance Coverage
Sep 14 2006 // Armonk, N.Y.-based Hiscox USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Hiscox plc, will begin providing terrorism insurance in the United States. “Hiscox has over 25 years of experience in terrorism insurance and we are a global...
Floridians Told Not to Worry About Quakes Despite Recent Rattler
Sep 13 2006 // Floridians can go back to worrying about hurricanes. Scientists said last Sunday’s magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rattled windows from southwest Florida to Louisiana was rare, and a seismic jolt powerful enough to do...
House Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Coastal Insurance Market
Sep 13 2006 // The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, heard testimony today from industry advocates to discuss the need for public and private sectors to work...
Bermuda Feeling Winds, Heavy Rains from Hurricane Florence
Sep 11 2006 // A hurricane warning continues for Bermuda as Florence, the sixth named storm of the season, passes near the island. The center of the storm is passing a short distance west and northwest of Bermuda this morning. At 8 am...
