Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. CFO Reminds Residents of Before and After Dealings with Dennis
Jul 8 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher is urging residents along the Gulf Coast to get ready for a possible strike by Hurricane Dennis. Gallagher advised that residents can contact the department’s...
He’s Now Tropical Storm Dennis; Heavy Rains, Tornadoes Main Concern Inland
Jul 8 2005 // Hurricane Dennis slammed into the northern coastline of the Gulf of Mexico between Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach, Fla. on Sunday afternoon shortly after 3 p.m. (EDT) packing top sustained winds of 120 mph. The storm...
La. Gov. Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Hurricane Dennis
Jul 8 2005 // Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco issued Proclamation No. 38 KBB 2005, declaring a state of emergency for the state of Louisiana as Hurricane Dennis prepares to enter the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters say the...
Dennis Is First Hurricane of the Season; On Course Towards Jamaica
Jul 7 2005 // As expected, tropical storm Dennis became Hurricane Dennis yesterday, July 6, when wind speeds exceeded 72 mph (115 km/hr). The storm is currently a category 1 hurricane packing maximum sustained winds near 85 mph (140...
Dennis Threatens Gulf Coast
Jul 7 2005 // Weather forecasters have thus far charted Tropical Storm Dennis on a path toward the Florida panhandle, but Texas coastal residents should nevertheless remain on guard, the Insurance Council of Texas warned. Dennis is not...
Florida Keys Evacuate as Hurricane Dennis Eyes State
Jul 7 2005 // Evacuations began early Thursday in the Florida Keys as the year’s first hurricane, Dennis, eyed the Sunshine State as it moved through the Caribbean. Forecasters report it could hit Florida as soon as this...
Dennis Becoming Hurricane Menace
Jul 6 2005 // Tropical storm Dennis, the fourth named storm of the season, is currently in the process of consolidation. The latest bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami puts the center of the storm about 310 miles (500...
A Roundup of Fraud Activities Reported Across the Southeast
Jul 4 2005 // TRG Officials Must Pay $2.5 M Carmelo Zanfei and William Paul Crouse, accused by Florida’s Department of Financial Services of bilking more than 7,000 Floridians of more than $2.5 million in unpaid insurance bills,...
Deductibles Motivated Homeowners to Cheat on Claims
Jul 4 2005 // Investigators Cite Increase in Fla. Insurance Fraud Insurance fraud has increased dramatically in Florida as an after-effect of the 2004 hurricane season Robert Elliott, a lead investigator with Nationwide...
A Roundup of Fraud Activities Reported Across the Southeast
Jul 4 2005 // Carmelo Sanfei and William Paul Crouse, accused by Florida’s Department of Financial Services of bilking more than 7,000 Floridians of more than $2.5 million in unpaid insurance bills, have pleaded guilty to charges...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // ALABAMA Arlene’s Timing Perfect for Referral List When Tropical Storm Arlene blew through Alabama it made the timing ideal for the release of a homeowners insurance referral list providing area homeowners with the...
Deductibles Motivated Homeowners to Cheat on Claims
Jul 4 2005 // Insurance fraud has increased dramatically in Florida as an after-effect of the 2004 hurricane season Robert Elliott, a lead investigator with Nationwide Insurance’s Special Investigation Unit told law enforcement...
FAIA Speaker Warns: Make Hurricane Policy Changes Before That One-in-10,000 Hurricane Hits
Jul 1 2005 // It’s essential to prepare now in case that one-in-10,000 major hurricane hits the Southern United States, Roger Looyenga, CEO of Auto-Owners Insurance told conventioneers attending the Florida Association of...
Record-Breaking 2004 Hurricane Season to Change Cat Modeling
Jul 1 2005 // The 2004 hurricane season has led to a much greater focus on aggregate risk and this will prompt changes in catastrophe risk assessment, attendees at the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Spring meeting heard. Randall...
Fla. Motel Agrees to Pay Restitution in Price Gouging
Jul 1 2005 // Attorney General Charlie Crist has announced a price gouging settlement with a Sarasota motel that had been accused of inflating room rates for guests fleeing Hurricane Charley last year. Under the settlement agreement,...
ABI Study Finds “Extreme Weather” Could Raise Losses to $27 Billion
Jun 30 2005 // The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has released a ground-breaking report, “Financial Risks of Climate Change,” which shows that the worldwide costs of major storms is likely to increase by as much as...
UF Study Shows Fla. Homes Built After 2002 Sustained Less Damage in Hurricane Winds
Jun 29 2005 // Homes built under the Florida Building Code that became effective in 2002 sustained less damage on average than those built between 1994 and 2001 under the Standard Building Code according to a University of Florida study...
FAAI Conference Speaker: Rep. Bense Congratulates Fla. Agents
Jun 24 2005 // Rep. Allan G. Bense, (R-Panama City) Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and one of the most influential political figures in Florida, congratulated insurance companies, agents and claims personnel for their...
Allstate Floridian to ‘Immediately’ Raise Homeowners Rates 28 Percent
Jun 22 2005 // Effective immediately, Allstate Floridian Insurance Co. has announced it will raise Florida homeowners rates 28 percent and the company plans to file a request to have the increase approved in July. State law allows...
FIC UNVEILS HURRICANE CENTRAL WEB SITE
Jun 20 2005 // The Florida Insurance Council has unveiled a new Hurricane Central Web site (www.flains.org) as the site to find reliable hurricane-related information. The site is part of the industry’s response to legislation...
