Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PIA of Fla. Broadcasts Web-based Hurricane Panel Discussion
Jun 20 2005 // Florida’s insurance industry survived last year’s record-breaking hurricane season and is prepared to help homeowners weather what may come this year. That was the message during a recent Web broadcast carried...
Editor’s Note: A New Hurricane Season Begins
Jun 20 2005 // Tropical Storm Arlene sailed through the Gulf of Mexico, missing Texas and Louisiana, and causing minimal damage when it came ashore on June 12 in Gulf Shores, Ala. It dropped more than 5 inches of rain and had weakened to...
News Currents
Jun 19 2005 // Cat model reassessments cause rating and capital changes Last fall’s disastrous hurricanes provided some rough times for the catastrophe modeling industry. Consequently the principal cat modelers – Applied...
Storms Led FEMA to Online Innovations
Jun 15 2005 // Working in cooperation with the State of Florida, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) used technological innovations to help meet some of the challenges brought by...
Jury Selection Completed in Miami Hurricane Frances Fraud Case
Jun 15 2005 // U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga opened testimony Wednesday in a trial in which the defendant, Daniel Bellegarde, a resident of Homestead, Fla., allegedly bilked the Federal Emergency Management Agency of more...
Hurricane Exemptions Successful; Sponsors Plan Its Expansion in 2006
Jun 14 2005 // Although Florida’s sales tax exemptions on hurricane supplies ended Sunday, with no guarantees of reoccurring next year, the event was so popular that several legislators responsible for the event are pledging to...
IIAG Conferees Visited Exhibits, Watched Arlene During 108th Annual Convention
Jun 14 2005 // More than 700 Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia members attending the group’s 108th Annual Convention and Exhibition in Destin, Fla., watched closely as Tropical Storm Arlene sped toward the Florida Panhandle...
Arlene Moves Inland Northwest of Pensacola, Fla.; Losing Strength
Jun 10 2005 // Tropical Storm Arlene moved inland at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon and proceeded northwest of Pensacola, Fla. Tropical storm and hurricane watches were cancelled all areas but those in the immediate vicinity of the storm....
ICT Issues Reminder on Hurricane Preparations as First Tropical Storm Heads Toward Gulf
Jun 10 2005 // The formation of Tropical Storm Arlene may be an ominous sign for what has been forecasted to be an overly active hurricane season this year. The six-month hurricane season began just days ago and weather experts say 2005...
RMS Hurricane Model Gains Recertification from Fla. Commission
Jun 7 2005 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced that the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (FCHLPM) re-certified the RMS Hurricane model for use in establishing residential insurance rates in the state...
From Safe Rooms to Fabric Shutters, Hurricane Protection is Booming
Jun 6 2005 // Got an extra $125,000 lying around? Spending that much would get rid of boring, uncomfortable stays in shelters when the next monster hurricane hits. A pricey safe room by Acoustic Innovations Inc. is among the products...
From Safe Rooms to Fabric Shutters, Hurricane Protection is Booming
Jun 6 2005 // Got an extra $125,000 lying around? Spending that much would get rid of boring, uncomfortable stays in shelters when the next monster hurricane hits. A pricey safe room by Acoustic Innovations Inc. is among the products...
By Dave Kaiser
Jun 6 2005 // Associations Warn Agencies: The insurance industry’s response to the 2005 hurricane season has been noteworthy, with many professional associations emphasizing hurricane preparedness, urging members to have...
Allstate Floridian Applies to Scale Back, Drop 95,000 Homeowners
Jun 6 2005 // Allstate Floridian, the state’s third-largest provider of homeowners insurance has applied to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in Tallahassee to scale back its insurance risk in Florida by dropping 95,000...
Editor’s Note: Hurricane Season: Ready or NOT?
Jun 6 2005 // Many southeast associations, representing hundreds of independent insurance agencies and thousands of employees in coastal states have launched aggressive hurricane preparedness campaigns. They have implemented their own...
News Briefs
Jun 6 2005 // FLORIDA Fla. CFO: “Prepare Now for Hurricanes” After an un-precedented hurricane season last year and experts predicting the formation of more than 13 named Atlantic storms this season, Florida’s Chief...
Florida’s Pre-Hurricane Shopping Traumatic; ‘Storm-stress Syndrome’ Cases Reported
Jun 2 2005 // Although areas of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and western Gulf of Mexico are calm, with no tropical storms on the radar, the reaction to the start of the 2005 hurricane season has been traumatic: Florida shoppers,...
AIR Worldwide Hurricane Model Gains Fla. Approval
Jun 2 2005 // The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology has for the ninth consecutive year certified AIR Worldwide Corporation’s 2005 U.S. Hurricane Model. To be used by insurers for residential rate filings,...
Wooley Reminds Louisianians to Prepare for Hurricane Season which Starts June 1
Jun 1 2005 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley issued a reminder to citizens of his state that hurricane season is here and any unfinished hurricane preparation needs to happen now. The Atlanta Storm Season runs from...
Hurricane Season Begins: Southeast Associations Prepared
Jun 1 2005 // As homeowners jam Florida stores to take advantage of the state’s tax-free sales tax holiday and other stores announce “matching” programs to provide additional discounts, professional insurance...
