Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Study Disagrees With Global Warming Notion
Jul 12 2001 // A study analyzing insured hurricane damages from all hurricanes which impacted the continental U.S. in the 20th Century, disagrees with some analysts’ claims who stated that global warming has caused gains in...
More Atlantic Hurricanes Predicted
Jul 11 2001 // London-based weather analyst Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) has predicted more storm activity in the Atlantic this year than previously expected, with the possible formation of 6 potentially deadly hurricanes from a total of 13...
LOOKING OUT FOR HURRICANES
Jun 11 2001 // Five to seven hurricanes could strike the Caribbean and southeast U.S. coasts this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting. This hurricane season, which officially started on June 1,...
Forecasters Predict Average Hurricane Season
May 23 2001 // Five to seven hurricanes could strike the Caribbean and southeast U.S. coasts this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting. This hurricane season, which officially starts on June 1,...
HURRICANE EXPO SET
Apr 30 2001 // The second annual Hurricane Preparedness Expo is scheduled for June 2 in Savannah, Ga. The expo coincides with the beginning of the hurricane season—June through November. Official sponsors are The Home Depot, Insurance...
HURRICANE FORECASTS
Apr 16 2001 // As of early April, the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team led by William Gray has upped the numbers for 2001 just slightly, suggesting a normal season. For the June 1-Nov. 30, 2001 season, the scientists...
Hurricane Team Revises Outlook Upward; Predicts Average Season
Apr 9 2001 // As of early April, the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team led by William Gray has upped the numbers for 2001 just slightly, suggesting a normal season. For the June 1-Nov. 30, 2001 season, the scientists...
From Pin Maps to the World Wide Web
Mar 5 2001 // Since the 1800s, the insurance industry has used technology to track and control catastrophic exposures. Insurers first used mapping after companies were hit by major fires in cities such as Boston, Chicago and...
Rate of Hurricanes Will Increase, Expert Warns
Feb 16 2001 // Hurricane forecaster William Gray predicted Wednesday during the Windstorm Insurance Conference in Orlando, that the nation’s East Coast, particularly Florida, was at the beginning of a period of more frequent...
Gray Predicts Relatively Quiet 2001 Hurricane Season
Dec 8 2000 // After six years that set a record for Atlantic Basin tropical storms and hurricane activity, William Gray and his associates at Colorado State University are calling for a season slightly below the long-term average. For...
Third-Quarter Catastrophe Losses Hit Record Low
Oct 30 2000 // U.S. property/casualty insurers recently received good news from the Insurance Services Office Inc.’s (ISO) Property Claim Services (PCS) unit. Third-quarter insured catastrophe losses registered at $315...
Swiss Re Offers Expert Advice on Hurricanes, Twisters, Space Weather
Aug 18 2000 // Swiss Re announced that it “has experts available to speak on the risks and costs associated with natural catastrophes and other important topics impacting individuals, businesses and the environment around the...
Zephyr Markets Hawaiian Hurricane Policies
Jul 24 2000 // Hawaii’s newest local insurance company has begun writing hurricane insurance and reinsurance. Zephyr Insurance Company will initially write only hurricane insurance for the residents of Hawaii and has already begun...
EQECAT and AER Announce Advanced Hurricane Forecasting
Jul 21 2000 // EQETrac EQECAT and Atmospheric and Environmental Research have made available the EQETrac, an advanced proprietary real-time hurricane forecasting system. The system provides subscribers with probabilistic estimates of...
HURRICANE FORECAST REVISED
Jun 26 2000 // Colorado State University’s hurricane forecast team led by William Gray has revised its April forecast, now predicting 12 named storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes for the 2000 season, which began June...
Lloyd’s To Use RMS Service To Monitor Hurricanes
Jun 23 2000 // Lloyd’s will make Menlo Park based Risk Management Solutions’ (RMS’) RiskOnline.com service available to members to track the progress of hurricanes in real time for the rest of the year 2000. Access will...
High-Stakes Hurricane Season Arrives
Jun 12 2000 // Residents along the East and Gulf Coasts and in the Caribbean Islands should brace for an above-average 2000 Atlantic hurricane season on par with last year’s season. Forecasters with both the National Oceanic and...
Natural Disaster Reform Legislation Reaches a Turning Point
Jun 12 2000 // Nobody likes to lose their shirt, least of all insurers. So it’s no surprise that, following the huge losses caused by natural disasters in the past few years, insurers have bolted from the homeowners market, leaving...
CSU Forecast Team Ups Hurricane Prediction for 2000
Jun 8 2000 // Colorado State University’s hurricane forecast team, led by William Gray, has revised its April forecast, now predicting 12 named storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes for the 2000 season, which began...
