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Hurricane Wilma Losses on Florida’s West Coast Estimated at $6B to $9B
Oct 24 2005 // Catastrophe risk modeling company AIR Worldwide Corporation estimates U.S. insured losses from Hurricane Wilma at $6 billion to $9 billion. Wilma strengthened overnight and made landfall at 6:30 a.m. this morning at Cape...
Florida Dispatching Search-and-Rescue Officers to Areas Hit by Hurricane Wilma
Oct 24 2005 // More than 300 search-and-rescue officers are now fanning out over southwest Florida and are heading toward southeast Florida to assist in search and rescue efforts, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s State Fire...
Evacuation Orders Ignored: Florida Keys Residents Expect 5- to 8-foot Storm Surge
Oct 23 2005 // Residents of the Florida Keys are awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Wilma, projected to barrel just north of the island chain early Monday morning. National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Devanas said the Keys could...
Florida Keys, Southwest Coast Prepare for Hurricane Wilma’s Arrival
Oct 22 2005 // The National Hurricane Center reported on Sunday evening that Hurricane Wilma was speeding up, moving northeast at 14 mph and expected to make landfall on Florida’s west coast early Monday morning. When Wilma makes...
UPDATE: Wilma Soaks Yucatan, Monday Landfall in Florida Expected; TS Alpha Forms
Oct 22 2005 // Hurricane Wilma pounded Mexico’s coastline for a second straight day Saturday, with reports of several deaths and thousands of tourists hunkering down in shelters trying to wait out the storm. Wilma, which had fallen...
Vesta Insurance Statement Confirms Reinsurance to Cover Hurricane Wilma
Oct 21 2005 // Birmingham, Ala.-based Vesta Insurance has confirmed it has complete reinsurance coverage if Hurricane Wilma results in claims in Florida. “As previously disclosed, Vesta’s losses from Hurricanes Katrina and...
S.W. Florida Anxiously Watching As Hurricane Wilma Approaches Cancun
Oct 21 2005 // Floridians living in the south tier of the state, in the Keys, on the southern west coast as far north as Tampa, and in Miami, are closely watching Hurricane Wilma slow its forward speed to 5 mph, and wind-speed drop to...
FAIA Urges Members to Take Precautions Now for Hurricane Wilma
Oct 21 2005 // When the National Hurricane issued an alert saying to expect Hurricane Wilma to make landfall on Florida’s southwest coast on Monday afternoon, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents issued an alert urging...
St. Paul Travelers Readies Catastrophe Response Team in Florida for Wilma
Oct 21 2005 // St. Paul Travelers and its member company First Floridian have mobilized their Catastrophe Response Team to assist policyholders that may be affected by Hurricane Wilma. The company has deployed team members to Tampa and...
Floridians Prepare for Hurricane Wilma to Make Landfall Sunday; Could Veer Across the Peninsula to Other Coast
Oct 20 2005 // Floridians along the southwestern coast of the peninsula are closely watching as Hurricane Wilma slowly move along the southwestern Caribbean. National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami predict after Wilma crosses...
UPDATE: Wilma “A Catastrophic Category Five Hurricane;” Lowest Pressure Ever Recorded
Oct 19 2005 // Hurricane Wilma, the 12th of the season, has become “a catastrophic category five hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale” states the latest bulletin from Miami’s National Hurricane Center. In less than 24...
Fla. Insurance Industry Preps for Wilma
Oct 19 2005 // Hurricane Wilma, with a barometric pressure of 882 mb, is now the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin. After rapid intensification Tuesday night, Wilma is now a potentially catastrophic Category 5...
Wilma Forms into Hurricane, Rotating off Coast of Honduras
Oct 18 2005 // Wilma, the 21st named storm of the current season, strenthened to hurricane force today with sustained winds in excess of 75 mph (120 km/hr). The storm is still slowly rotating off the coast of Honduras, and hurricane...
FIC Says Irresponsible Workers’ Compensation Rate Reductions Could Reverse Reform Progress
Oct 18 2005 // The Florida Insurance Council, (FIC) is warning regulators against steep, politically-motivated cuts in workers’ compensation insurance rates. FIC said the reforms resulting from the massive workers’ comp bill...
People & Places
Oct 17 2005 // Gregory Stevens Nancy C. Gates was honored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia as its 2005 Outstanding Certified Insurance Service Representative. Since 1996, Gates has been a commercial lines, large account...
People
Oct 17 2005 // Nancy C. Gates was honored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia as its 2005 Outstanding Certified Insurance Service Representative. Since 1996, Gates has been a commercial lines, large account representative...
PIA of Fla. Answers Hurricane Planning Questions
Oct 17 2005 // Forty key catastrophic planning questions and answers were presented by Ron Silverman, a Professional Insurance Agents of Florida instructor and owner of Silverman Insurance Agency in Deltona Beach, Fla., during...
DFS Spokesperson Outlines Fla. Agency Licensing Requirement Changes
Oct 17 2005 // Changes in Florida’s legislation during the spring session and new administrative changes requiring agency licensure or registration were described by Hazel Muhammad, bureau chief of Agent and Agen-cy Licensing with...
As Insured Acres Increase, Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // The hurricane [Katrina] produced catastrophic Broward and Miami- Dade counties in Florida. As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide,...
Citizens Completes Analysis: Board to Consider Increases in Three South Florida Counties
Oct 14 2005 // An analysis rate structure analysis of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. was just completed after an order by the Office of Insurance Regulation, indicates that Palm Beach, Broward and Dade county policyholders could soon...
