Latest Flood Headlines
All the headlines from our Flood Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Commissioner Reminds Coloradans To Consider Flood Insurance
Oct 13 2005 // Insurance Commissioner David Rivera is reminding Coloradans to consider purchasing flood insurance. “While it is very unlikely that a hurricane will hit Colorado, the extensive flooding caused by Hurricanes Katrina...
Drenched Northeast Continues to Weather the Storm
Oct 13 2005 // In some parts of the northeast only a few weeks ago, some folks were begging for rain as their lawns turned brown from a hot and humid summer. No more. Once again on Thursday, northeastern states were soaked with heavy...
Miss. Commissioner Suggests Mediation, Town Hall Meetings; If Those Fail He Says, ‘File Suit’
Oct 12 2005 // Several solutions to hasten the Hurricane Katrina claims process have been suggested by Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale, such as a mediation program to settle contested insurance or a town hall meeting to...
Austrian Insurers Need Better Risk Assessment Says S&P
Oct 11 2005 // Despite the fact that the Austrian insurance industry came off “relatively lightly from the recent summer floods,” Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it “believes the event reinforces the...
Heavy Rains Force Eastern U.S. Evacuations; Four Lives Lost
Oct 11 2005 // Prolonged, heavy rain caused flooding from North Carolina to New Hampshire over the weekend, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate, knocking out electricity, weakening dams and making roads impassable. At least four...
N.H. Grapples with Worst Flood in Decades; Lives, Homes, Businesses Lost
Oct 11 2005 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, joined by state emergency officials, today toured communities devastated by flooding from this weekend’s rains. “This weekend’s floods devastated a number of our...
For N.H. Agent, a Helpless Feeling Amid the Suffering and Loss
Oct 11 2005 // New Hampshire independent insurance agent Tom Minkler got his first call Sunday morning at 5 a.m. Since then, the phones haven’t stopped ringing. Minkler isn’t bothered by the calls. What bothers him is having...
Tammy Soaks Southeast; Flooding Reported in Georgia
Oct 6 2005 // Although now a depression, what was once Tropical Storm Tammy flooded homes and roads in parts of Georgia Wednesday night and into Thursday. The storm brought down trees and power lines, leaving more than 16,500 utility...
NICB Warns Against Illegal Resale of Flood-Damaged Vehicles
Oct 3 2005 // Special insurance industry teams will be assisting Gulf Coast law enforcement and insurers in identifying and cataloging vehicles damaged by Hurricane Katrina to prevent their fraudulent resale to unsuspecting consumers in...
Miss. Attorney General Hood Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
Hurricane Katrina: The Legal Saga Begins
Oct 3 2005 // The New Orleans tragedy may spawn a wave of litigation related to flood protection and levee failures. Public statements, which may serve as a foundation for massive public safety legal claims, began Sept. 1. Based on the...
How Did Catastrophe Models Weather Katrina?
Oct 3 2005 // While it’s too early to tell if the highly touted computer catastrophe models met expectations for Hurricane Katrina, there are indications the models didn’t work as well as some insurers had hoped. Several...
After the Wreckage, Hurricane Katrina Spawns Lawsuits
Oct 3 2005 // Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform issued a statement warning that the financial wreckage caused by Hurricane Katrina could...
Miss. AG Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
How Did Catastrophe Models Weather Katrina?
Oct 3 2005 // While it’s too early to tell if the highly touted computer catastrophe models met expectations for Hurricane Katrina, there are indications the models didn’t work as well as some insurers had hoped. Several...
Competition, Regulation and Katrina a Concern at PLUS D&O Symposium
Oct 3 2005 // Wrapping up the PLUS D&O West Symposium held Sept. 13-14 in San Francisco, senior management personnel from insurers, brokerage firms, corporations and law firms concluded that competition is shaping the current and...
NICB Warns Against Illegal Resale of Flood-Damaged Vehicles
Oct 3 2005 // Special insurance industry teams will be assisting Gulf Coast law enforcement and insurers in identifying and cataloging vehicles damaged by Hurricane Katrina to prevent their fraudulent resale to unsuspecting consumers in...
Miss. Attorney General Hood
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
Miss. AG Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
How Did Catastrophe Models Weather Katrina?
Oct 3 2005 // While it’s too early to tell if the highly touted computer catastrophe models met expectations for Hurricane Katrina, there are indications the models didn’t work as well as some insurers had hoped. Several...
