Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Declarations
Jul 2 2007 // Declarations Racketeering “They willfully caused victims of Hurricane Katrina extreme emotional and financial distress in their calculated strategy to falsify and conceal evidence, intimidate anyone who got in their...
Streamlining surplus lines
Jul 2 2007 // Declarations “Non-admitted insurance reform is a pro-consumer piece of legislation. HR 1065 makes it clear that the state where the policyholder resides should be the state that is in charge of regulation. …...
Builder’s risk: difficult but manageable
Jul 2 2007 // The rest of 2007 will continue to be a difficult time for developers and builders to secure builder’s risk insurance for their projects, at least in catastrophe prone regions. But outside of coastal areas and...
La. Proposal Would Create State-chartered Bank for Hurricane Recovery
Jun 28 2007 // A Louisiana state-chartered bank would be created, touted as a way to spur private investment in the rebuilding of public infrastructure devastated by Hurricane Katrina, under a bill nearing final legislative passage. The...
Fla. Coalition: Briny Plan is Recipe for Chaotic Hurricane Evacuation
Jun 27 2007 // The Florida Coalition for Preservation has asked Secretary Thomas Pelham of the Florida Department of Community Affairs to consider a host of costs that will be borne by taxpayers if the agency accepts the...
Hurricane Exit Plans for Alabama’s Elderly, Sick Upgraded
Jun 21 2007 // Some of the people whose lives are at stake during a hurricane are lying helpless in nursing homes and hospitals on the Alabama coast, where emergency computer and phone networks have been enhanced to help them when a...
Damaged Bridge on S.C. Hurricane Evacuation Route to Fully Reopen
Jun 21 2007 // A Beaufort County bridge severely damaged less then two months ago is scheduled to completely reopen this week. Only one lane of the J.E. McTeer Bridge has been open for limited hours since the steel beams under the span...
Chertoff, Gov. Urge North Carolinians to Prepare for Hurricane Season
Jun 20 2007 // Gov. Mike Easley met with Michael Chertoff, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to discuss North Carolina’s emergency preparedness for the hurricane season that began June 1. This is the second...
Miss.: Scruggs Files Racketeering Charges against State Farm
Jun 20 2007 // The Scruggs Katrina Group filed federal charges against State Farm, E.A. Renfroe Company, and Forensic Analysis and Engineering Company on behalf of 21 Mississippi policyholders whose homes were destroyed in Hurricane...
News Currents
Jun 18 2007 // R.I. House members forward coastal measures The leaders of a special Rhode Island House commission studying the effects of natural disasters on property insurance costs have introduced legislation they say is aimed at...
Editor’s Note: 5 steps to safety
Jun 18 2007 // With experts predicting an active hurricane season this year, it is more important than ever for homeowners to guard against property damage from storms and take the proper precautions to reduce that damage. That’s...
Inland businesses can be hurt when coastal storms strike
Jun 18 2007 // It took O’Charley’s regional operations director in Hattiesburg, Miss., most of a week to get in touch with the restaurant chain’s Nashville headquarters after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast two...
Editor’s Note: 5 steps to safety
Jun 18 2007 // With experts predicting an active hurricane season this year, it is more important than ever for homeowners to guard against property damage from storms and take the proper precautions to reduce that damage. That’s...
Richardson: S.C. went the ‘right way’ with hurricane law
Jun 18 2007 // The South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate recently agreed to changes to coastal omnibus hurricane legislation, which include extending the notice for homeowners whose insurance would be canceled to 90 days...
Poll: Many coastal residents still not ready for hurricanes
Jun 18 2007 // Many people along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts still lack a hurricane survival plan and don’t feel vulnerable to storms, despite Katrina’s dramatic damage and pleas from emergency officials for residents to...
Flood Insurance Program Doesn’t Know If Payments Covered Wind Damage
Jun 14 2007 // Since the National Flood Insurance Program does not collect data on both wind and flood damage claims from its insurers, it’s not possible to know if its billions of dollars in payments on hurricane-damaged...
Insurers Support Streamlining of Florida Home Mitigation Program
Jun 14 2007 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink proposed a rule that streamlines the process for consumers to qualify for insurance premium discounts after taking steps to mitigate hurricane damage. The Property Casualty...
Hurricane Forecasting Satellite Could Fail Anytime
Jun 14 2007 // An aging U.S. weather satellite crucial to accurate predictions on the intensity and path of hurricanes could fail at any moment and plans to launch a replacement have been pushed back seven years to 2016. In a letter...
N.Y. City Urged to be Ready for Major Hurricane
Jun 13 2007 // Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has warned that America’s largest city needs to be prepared for a hurricane powerful enough to cause serious flooding in lower Manhattan and elsewhere. “It’s...
Builder’s Risk Remains Difficult But Manageable, Advises Mercator
Jun 13 2007 // The rest of 2007 will continue to be a difficult time for developers and builders to secure builder’s risk insurance for their projects, according to experts at independent wholesale insurance broker Mercator Risk...
