Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Federal Appeals Court in New Orleans Hears Katrina Case
Sep 7 2007 // Policy language that a major insurance company invoked to deny Gulf Coast homeowners’ claims after Hurricane Katrina is at the center of a case that was scheduled for a hearing Sept. 6 in a federal appeals court in...
AIR, RMS Comment on Felix
Sep 4 2007 // Both AIR Worldwide and Risk Management Solutions have issued bulletins commenting on Hurricane Felix. Its sudden formation and rapid strengthening into a category 5 storm are virtually unprecedented. “Since 1900,...
Felix the Cat – 4 or 5
Sep 4 2007 // Hurricane Felix, which is poised to come ashore along the border of Nicaragua and Honduras later today, is a strange storm (See following article). It developed suddenly from a tropical depression on Friday, Aug. 31 into a...
Henriette Reaches Hurricane Strength; Threatens Baja Calif.
Sep 4 2007 // Felix has a little sister in the Pacific Ocean that has already caused the deaths of 8 people from landslides triggered by heavy rains near Acapulco. The storm first formed last Thursday, Aug. 30, and has been steadily...
Ala. Coast Condo Industry Pushes for Action on Rising Insurance Rates
Sep 4 2007 // As Labor Day tourists take an end-of-summer beach trip, owners of thousands of condominiums that line the Alabama Gulf Coast say they’re getting burned by soaring insurance premiums. Insurance legislation aimed at...
Report: insurers did not shift wind claims
Sep 3 2007 // A preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina onto the federal government’s flood...
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Sep 3 2007 // Report: insurers did not shift wind claims A preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina...
Hurricane Felix Hits Netherlands Antilles
Sep 2 2007 // The second strong hurricane of the season, Felix, is currently roiling the waters of the Southern Caribbean, as it passes over the Netherlands Antilles. The islands – Bonaire, Curaçao and Aruba are close to the...
Trial Bar Report: Insurers Still Denying Claims 2 Years After Katrina
Aug 30 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the homes of thousands of Gulf Coast residents insurance companies are still systematically denying policyholders fair and just claims payments following this and other natural...
National Hurricane Center Hires Acting Deputy Director
Aug 29 2007 // The head of a Texas National Weather Service office will join the staff of the National Hurricane Center, officials announced Monday. Bill Read will become acting deputy director Sept. 4, National Weather Service spokesman...
S.C. Beaches in Good Shape, Some Structures in Path of Danger
Aug 29 2007 // South Carolina’s beaches overall are well prepared to withstand the winds and waves of this year’s hurricane season, but there are a few spots along the coast to worry about, a state official...
N.Y. Halts Insurers from Tying Coastal Home Renewals to Other Business
Aug 29 2007 // Insurance companies in New York may not refuse to renew homeowners insurance policies based on whether a policyholder has other business such as an auto or life policy with them, under a new order from the state insurance...
La.: Hurricanes did $100B in Damage; State Short $34B to Cover Losses
Aug 28 2007 // Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were a $100 billion blow to Louisiana buildings and infrastructure, and federal aid and insurance payments fall about $34 billion short of making up for the losses, a state agency says. The $100...
Deadline Looms for Filing Suits Against Insurers Over Katrina
Aug 27 2007 // Courts in Louisiana already inundated by a wave of litigation against insurance companies over damage from Hurricane Katrina are bracing for a last-minute barrage of lawsuit filings as a deadline nears. Thousands of...
Florida’s Catastrophe Fund Bond Sale Delayed
Aug 27 2007 // The board that invests state money is delaying a bond issue meant to shore up Florida’s backup Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, waiting until financial markets stabilize before completing the bond sale. The state Board of...
AIR Estimates Dean Mexico Losses ‘Unlikely To Exceed $400 Million’
Aug 23 2007 // AIR Worldwide’s provisional assessment of the losses in Mexico from Category 5 Hurricane Dean indicated that they are “unlikely to exceed $400 million.” AIR said its estimate “covers insured losses...
RMS Estimates Dean Losses around $1.5 Billion
Aug 22 2007 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions announced that it estimates losses from Hurricane Dean are likely to range between $750 million and $1.5 billion. RMS’ preliminary indications show around $300 million...
AIR: Dean Jamaica Losses Won’t Exceed $1.5 Billion
Aug 21 2007 // AIR Worldwide has issued preliminary estimates indicating that insured losses in Jamaica from Hurricane Dean will not exceed $1.5 billion. The figure “covers insured losses to property, contents, business...
Cat Five Dean Slams Yucatan
Aug 21 2007 // Hurricane Dean joined a small but devastating group of Category five hurricanes with winds in excess of 160 mph (255 kp/hr) as it slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula near the border of Mexico and Belize. News reports (BBC,...
Dean’s Damages Delimited
Aug 20 2007 // Hurricane Dean, is the most powerful storm to roil the waters of the Caribbean since Wilma in 2005. So far it’s been responsible for at least six deaths. After ravaging Martinique and St. Lucia as a category two...
