Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
‘Hurricane Watch’ Likely for Florida
Sep 24 2004 // Although Hurricane Jeanne has weakened slightly, the storm’s maximum sustained winds are still near 100 mph (160 km/hr) with higher gusts. However, the National Hurricane Center’s latest bulletin warns,...
DriveSavers Offering Discounts for Hurricane Victims
Sep 24 2004 // DriveSavers Inc. a provider in data recovery services, is offering discounted data recovery service to hurricane and storm victims with computers that suffered damage from severe weather conditions in Florida, Mississippi,...
Miss. Residents Receive Disaster Aid
Sep 23 2004 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and voluntary agencies continue to help Mississippians recover from Hurricane...
State Auto Expects at Least $32 Million in Hurricane Losses From Charley, Frances and Ivan
Sep 23 2004 // Columbus, Ohio-based regional property/casualty carrier State Auto Financial Corp. estimates that hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan, cumulatively, will contribute about $32 million to $36 million in pre-tax losses, or...
U.S. Labor Secretary Notes $10 Million Grant to Assist N.C. Workers Following Hurricanes
Sep 23 2004 // U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao visited Asheville, North Carolina on Thursday to survey hurricane damage and announce a National Emergency Grant of up to $10 million, with an initial release of $3.5 million. The grant...
Insurers to Pay an Estimated $4.4 Billion for Claims From Hurricane Frances
Sep 23 2004 // Homeowners and businesses are expected to file claims totaling an estimated $4.4 billion for insured property losses from Hurricane Frances, according to a preliminary estimate by ISO’s (www.iso.com) Property Claim...
Ala. Hurricane Victims Get Grace Period on Premiums Following Ivan’s Visit
Sep 23 2004 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell on Wednesday directed insurance companies in Alabama to provide a 60-day grace period on non-payment of premiums to citizens affected by Hurricane Ivan. The...
Haitian Flood Deaths over 1,000; Bahamas on Alert as Jeanne Nears; Ivan Poses New Threat
Sep 23 2004 // As the floods caused by Tropical Storm Jeanne slowly recede, Haitians are discovering even more devastation and loss of life. More than 1,000 persons have died in the northern city of Gonaives, and another 1,200 are still...
Haiti Death Toll Over 700, More Missing; Jeanne Continues on Erratic Course
Sep 22 2004 // Even as aid workers in Haiti struggled to cope with the disaster caused by floods unleashed from the passage of Tropical Storm Jeanne, the death toll continues to mount. Agence France Presse reported that “in the...
RMS Estimates Ivan Insured Losses at $3-$6 Billion
Sep 22 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, said that insured losses in the U.S. from Hurricane Ivan are expected to be between $3 and $6 billion. RMS’...
A Hurricane Season of Discontent; Lessons Learned in 2004
Sep 22 2004 // Prior to 2004, Florida had gone for five years without a significant hurricane. So it is of little surprise that the onslaught of this year’s three major hurricanes has caught all of us in the insurance industry a...
Endurance Estimates Frances’ Losses at $20 Million
Sep 21 2004 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported that estimated potential claims from Hurricane Frances, after-taxes and net of reinsurance and reinstatement premiums, are expected to be $20 million or less. The...
Oh, Mother!
Sep 20 2004 // Just before Charley and Frances wreaked havoc on Florida and surrounding states, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reiterated its original spring 2004 Atlantic hurricane outlook by calling for 12...
AIR Releases 2004 U.S. Storm, Terrorism Models
Sep 20 2004 // AIR Worldwide Corp. announced the release of its 2004 U.S. hurricane, earthquake, severe thunderstorm and terrorism models. The updated models reflect the latest scientific and engineering research into these perils, as...
Hurricanes Equal Crunch Time for Reinsurers
Sep 20 2004 // High-tech charts and up-to-the-minute data meticulously track Hurricane Frances as employees run storm simulations that pop out specific damage estimates for certain zip codes. The office is not run by a federal disaster...
Hurricanes Mean Crunch Time for Reinsurance Industry
Sep 20 2004 // High-tech charts and up-to-the-minute data meticulously track Hurricane Frances as employees run storm simulations that pop out specific damage estimates for certain zip codes. This office in Atlanta is not run by a...
Frances May Bring More Claims Than Charley, But Lower Severity
Sep 20 2004 // Preliminary reports from insurers indicate that Hurricane Frances will produce significantly more claims than Hurricane Charley, but the average claim will not be as high, according to the Des Plaines, Ill.-based Property...
Charley vs. Andrew: One Person’s Perspective
Sep 20 2004 // Twelve years ago last month, Hurricane Andrew hit Homestead and became the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Sadly, on this anniversary, thousands of Floridians again suffered the aftermath of another...
Hurricane Spin-down Coverage
Sep 20 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, introduced hurricane spin-down insurance that can be used by the chemical process industry to help reduce the financial...
Winds of Change
Sep 20 2004 // Wasn’t it just about the time folks in Florida were catching their breath from Hurricane Charley that Frances came a calling? As this issue of Insurance Journal Southeast was being put to bed last week, yet another...
