Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Post-storm season forecast
Sep 25 2006 // With lots of luck, the second half of the 2006 hurricane season will be as uneventful for most East Coast residents and businesses — and insurers — as the first half has been. Not that the first half...
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...
Reinsurers adopt ‘wait and see’ posture at Rendezvous
Sep 25 2006 // 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 2004 and Katrina...
Editor’s Note: Post-storm season forecast
Sep 25 2006 // If the immediate hurricane trend does continue, there may be another storm that the insurance industry will have to weather: a political storm. With lots of luck, the second half of the 2006 hurricane season will be as...
Colorado State University predicts fewer hurricanes in 2006
Sep 25 2006 // Forecasters at Colorado State University have lowered their hurricane predictions for the year, based on below-average activity in August, as well as the ocean-weather patterns they track. “We expect slightly...
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...
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...
J.P. Schmidt, Hawaii, Insurance Commissioner
Sep 25 2006 // Although it is undeniably one of the 50 United States, Hawaii’s location at the edge of the Pacific Rim yields creative business opportunities throughout the world. The state’s captive insurer law already has...
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...
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...
NOAA Issues Unscheduled El Niño Advisory
Sep 22 2006 // Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center reported that El Niño conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific and are likely to continue into early 2007. Ocean...
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...
RMS Forecast Factors in El Nino Cycle
Sep 22 2006 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions has released its perspective in anticipation of a possible El Niño cycle between 2006 and 2011, and hurricane activity. On Wednesday, September 13, the National Oceanic and...
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...
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...
Fla. Considers Standards for Home Insurers’ Mitigation Discounts
Sep 12 2006 // Florida home insurance companies may have to spell out standardized premium discounts homeowners would get for certain home improvements under a recommendation discussed Thursday by a state panel. The Property and Casualty...
