Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Chesapeake Bay Warning: Storm Surges Could Top Isabel’s in 2003
May 2 2006 // New computer simulations by government scientists show that hurricane storm surges in the Chesapeake Bay could get dramatically worse than the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Isabel in 2003. Under some conditions, the...
NOAA Aircrew Begins Hurricane Awareness Mission in Texas
May 1 2006 // With the impact of a record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season still etched on the coastline from Texas to Florida, and recovery on the minds of its residents, forecasters from the NOAA National Hurricane Center will...
Gov. Bush Recommends $565M Hurricane Preparedness Budget
Apr 28 2006 // A $565 million hurricane preparedness budget which includes funding for response and recovery recommendations has been recommended by Gov. Jeb Bush and Lt. Governor Toni Jennings. According to Gov. Bush, the...
Fla. Approves 12-Day Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
Apr 28 2006 // Governor Jeb Bush has signed legislation authorizing Florida’s second annual 12-day sales tax holiday for hurricane preparedness. The Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday is an important component of Governor...
Dale Urges Miss. Coast Residents: Buy Flood Insurance
Apr 28 2006 // As another hurricane season fast approaches, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale is encouraging Mississippi Gulf Coast residents to buy flood insurance with a simple message, it’s a bargain considering the...
Fla. Insurance Council Describes Pending Legislation
Apr 27 2006 // The Florida House Insurance Committee and the House Fiscal Council have approved CS/CS/HB 7225, and according to the Florida Insurance Council, the next stop is the full House. FIC released a side-by-side comparison of...
La. Credit Score Bill May Harm Consumers, AIA Says
Apr 27 2006 // The Louisiana House Insurance Committee has passed legislation (H.B. 318) regarding a ban on the use of credit scoring information from 2005, which will negatively affect consumers and the overall insurance market in...
Zurich’s CEO Comments on Results, Future Plans at Annual Meeting
Apr 24 2006 // Zurich Financial Services’ Annual General Meeting, held April 20, evinced the considerable turn around in its fortunes under the direction of CEO James J. Schiro, who took over the faltering giant in May 2002. In his...
Fla. HB 7225 Advancing: Boosts CAT Funding; Provides No-Interest Loans
Apr 24 2006 // A rapid cash buildup of 25 percent for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and the establishment of a hurricane mitigation endowment fund to allow homeowners to obtain no-interest loans to implement hurricane mitigation...
Revised La. Lawsuit Cites ‘Incompetence’ of Federal Government, U.S. Corps of Engineers
Apr 20 2006 // Plaintiffs seeking more than $1 billion in damages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are calling the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet a “Hurricane Highway” that allowed a 20-foot storm surge to inundate much...
Miss. A/G’s ‘Careless’ Comments Shock American Insurance Association
Apr 19 2006 // The American Insurance Association has responded to stunningly careless and inappropriate public comments made last week by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, in which he compared insurance companies dealing with...
Fla. House Proposal Would Use Full Surplus to Mitigate Citizens Deficit
Apr 19 2006 // Nearly $1 billion in state tax dollars would go to offset the deficit faced by Citizens Property Insurance under an amendment approved in Tallahassee, Fla. by a House panel that would help out Florida homeowners who are...
Sound Risk Management, Strong Investment Results Prove Positive for P/C Industry
Apr 18 2006 // U.S. property/casualty insurers managed to increase earnings and add to their capital base in 2005 despite record catastrophe losses, according to ISO and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). Sound...
PLUS Foundation Hasn’t Forgotten Industry Victims of Katrina
Apr 18 2006 // The PLUS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), reports that it has granted more than $90,000 to support its members and other insurance related hurricane relief...
Private Firms Seize Profit Opportunities in Emergency Services
Apr 17 2006 // If government can’t do it, business will. Once the domain of government and charitable relief groups, hurricane response and preparedness are a booming billion-dollar business — from the self-heating food packets...
Critics allege wind modelers following politics over science
Apr 17 2006 // Risk Management Solutions has defended its hurricane risk models in the face of consumer groups’ criticisms that the models are more political than they are scientific and that they are designed to justify insurance...
Risk Management
Apr 17 2006 // Call for stepped-up regulation of third-parties providing hurricane rating and credit scoring data Risk Management Solutions has defended its hurricane risk models in the face of consumer groups’ criticisms that the...
Judge rejects Allstate request to dismiss hurricane lawsuit
Apr 17 2006 // The company (Allstate) “is pleased that the judge ruled, ‘The exclusions found in the policy for water damage and for damages attributable to flooding are valid and enforceable policy provisions,'”...
Critics allege wind modelers influenced by insurers
Apr 17 2006 // News Currents Risk Management Solutions has defended its hurricane risk models in the face of consumer groups’ criticisms that the models are more political than they are scientific and are designed to justify...
Managing Disasters
Apr 17 2006 // Totally ready or just terrorism ready? Is the nation’s terrorism-centric focus hurting its efforts to plan for other disasters? Dr. James L. Valverde Jr., director of economics and risk management for the Insurance...
