Latest Hurricane Headlines

All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.

IIA of Georgia Members Donate to Hurricane Katrina Relief

Sep 21 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia has contributed $3,000 to its sister associations in the states damaged by Hurricane Katrina. “We mailed the checks the Tuesday after Labor Day. We also appealed to our...

PIA Requests Advance Emergency Orders From TDI

Sep 21 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents and its affiliate, the Texas Insurance Professionals, are recommending that Texas insurance regulators and federal authorities ease certain insurance regulations...

IIAT Prepares Recovery Assistance Web Page in Advance of Hurricane Rita

Sep 21 2005 // Stating “this could be the big one we’ve avoided for years,” the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced it has developed a special Web page to report on storm activity and recovery plans, if...

Insurance CAT Teams Mobilize in Texas as Rita Nears

Sep 21 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas reported that insurance companies have begun to mobilize their catastrophe teams to prepare for the landfall of Hurricane Rita. Texas insurers are repositioning their mobile response teams...

La. Gov. Signs Executive Order Enacting Emergency Insurance Rules

Sep 21 2005 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco signed an executive order that allows him the temporary authority to implement certain emergency insurance rules in the wake...

N.C. Agriculture Losses $19.6M From Hurricane Ophelia

Sep 21 2005 // Hurricane Ophelia resulted in damages to North Carolina’s agricultural industry amounting to $19.6 million, based on reports tabulated from 13 counties. According to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and...

UPDATE: Rita Course Shifts Slightly; Storm Now a CAT 4

Sep 21 2005 // While meteorologists are still not saying for sure where Hurricane Rita will touch down in the next 24 to 36 hours, a slight change in course during the day on Thursday and into the evening may spare both Houston and...

UPDATE: Hurricane Rita Reaches Category 2 Status

Sep 20 2005 // What was once a tropical storm hovering off the Florida coast has turned into Hurricane Rita, as she strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane on Tuesday, lashing the Florida Keys with heavy rain and strong wind. Winds were...

PXRE Estimates Katrina Impact at $235 to $300 Million; Sees 2005 Loss

Sep 20 2005 // The Bermuda-based PXRE Group Ltd. has updated its estimates of potential losses from Hurricane Katrina to between $235 to $300 million, “after tax, reinsurance recoveries on its outwards reinsurance program and the...

Perry Recalls Texas Forces from Louisiana; Begins Preparations for Rita

Sep 20 2005 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he has recalled the Texas National Guard, Texas Task Force 1 and other emergency personnel and equipment from Louisiana in anticipation of Hurricane Rita entering the Gulf of Mexico. Current...

Hurricane Rita, Packs 100 mph Winds, Passes Key West; Forecasters Predict Texas Track

Sep 20 2005 // Preliminary reports suggest only moderate damage occurred as Hurricane Rita threaded the needle between the Florida Keys and the northern coast of Cuba Tuesday afternoon flooding roads and beaches with seawater. As...

Fla. AG Warns: Beware of Unscrupulous Operators Capitalizing on Hurricane Rita

Sep 20 2005 // Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist has warned unscrupulous businesses operators against attempting to take advantage of Florida residents and visitors as they cope with potential emergency conditions brought on...

Insurance Commissioners To Form National CAT Insurance Program

Sep 20 2005 // Insurance Commissioners of several large states will convene at a summit to develop a National Catastrophe Insurance Program. The summit is being organized by California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi,...

An Open Letter to the Insurance Industry Seeking Assistance for Independent Agents Devastated from Hurricane Katrina

Sep 20 2005 // Independent insurance agents in Southeast Louisiana and South Mississippi face a daunting task as they play their part in rebuilding their shattered communities. They will need the help of the insurance companies whose...

Katrina Hits Close to Home

Sep 19 2005 // “If it keeps on rainin’, the levee’s gonna break…” Led Zeppelin, “When the Levee Breaks” When the news media first began bleating about the developing storm that became Hurricane...

Fitch: Katrina Causes Unprecedented Challenges/Risks for P/C Insurers

Sep 19 2005 // Circumstances surrounding Hurricane Katrina are unprecedented in many ways, said Fitch Ratings. So much so that the rating agency may need to reassess the core risk profile of the property/casualty insurance...

Katrina Prompts States to Review Their Disaster Playbooks

Sep 19 2005 // With the horrors from Hurricane Katrina still flashing on live television, Connecticut emergency officials and Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) met on Sept. 7 to decide how to evacuate 100,000 coastal residents if a Category 4...

Former FEMA Director Witt to Lead N.Y. Catastrophe Coalition

Sep 19 2005 // James Lee Witt, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, today announced the formation of a state coalition to better prepare and protect New Yorkers from the consequences of a catastrophic storm,...

NHC Tracking Tropical Storm Rita, Hurricane Philippe

Sep 19 2005 // Rita became the 17th named storm of the current season over the weekend, as maximum sustained winds neared 50 mph (85 km/hr) with higher gusts. Miami’s National Hurricane Center warned that the storm could become a...

Rita Wobbles West Toward Key West; Expected to Gain Hurricane Strength Monday Evening, Hit Keys Tuesday Morning

Sep 19 2005 // Tourists and residents are beginning to evacuate Key West, and homeowners and businessmen are boarding-up, as Tropical Storm Rita continues on a path from east of Nassau, Bahamas toward south Florida. Rita’s winds...