Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Survey: Half of Florida’s Homeowners Ready for Hurricane Season
May 24 2005 // More than half of Florida homeowners participating in a recent statewide survey have taken action to protect their homes from hurricanes. An even larger number recognizes the importance of the state’s building codes...
Citizens Making Improvements; Advises, Prepare Now for Hurricanes
May 24 2005 // With the start of hurricane season, June 1, just days away, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is advising policyholders to make preparations now, before a possible storm. The state’s insurer of last resort is...
Poll: East Coast Unprepared
May 23 2005 // Most residents along the East and Gulf coasts don’t plan to take even simple steps to protect themselves and their homes from hurricanes, despite the devastation caused by five hurricanes that struck the U.S. last...
Fla. CFO Issues Warning: ‘Prepare Now for Hurricanes’
May 23 2005 // After an unprecedented hurricane season last year and experts predicting the formation of more than 13 named Atlantic storms this season, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher is issuing a warning to...
Experts Forecast Above-Normal Hurricane Activity Again This Season
May 23 2005 // The East and Gulf coasts can expect another hurricane season that’s worse than average, according to the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Atlantic will have 12 to 15 tropical storms,...
Gov. Bush Pledges to Sign SB1486; Insurers Uneasy About Its Provisions
May 23 2005 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pledged during the May 11 opening of the annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference at the Tampa Convention Center to sign and approve Senate Bill 1486, controversial legislation that consumer...
‘Miss Piggy,’ Hurricane Center Forecasters Visit South Carolina, Florida
May 23 2005 // Charleston, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla., were two of five cities the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center forecasters and NOAA Aircraft Operations Center crew visited during a May 2-6...
Ga. Climatologist Cautions Residents to Prepare Now for Hurricanes
May 23 2005 // The seasonal hurricane outlook should have no impact on hurricane plans,” David Stooksbury, the Georgia state climatologist cautioned participants at the Gov-ernor’s Emergency Management Conference at the...
“TAX HOLIDAY” FOR HURRICANE SUPPLIES
May 23 2005 // Gov. Jeb Bush indicates he intends to sign House Bill 6001, creating a 12-day tax holiday during which “certain” hurricane supplies will be exempt from Florida’s 6 percent sales tax. After the governor...
FEMA Director Promises to Keep Recovery Funds Flowing
May 23 2005 // The hurricanes of 2004 taxed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to its limits, Michael Brown, FEMA director and undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told more than 1,500 state emergency managers...
Experts Forecast Above-Normal Hurricane Activity Again This Season
May 23 2005 // The East and Gulf coasts can expect another hurricane season that’s worse than average, according to the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Atlantic will have 12 to 15 tropical storms,...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // GEORGIA Licensing System Changes The Georgia Insurance Comm-ission held “Ind-ustry Day Meet-ings” across the state in May to discuss recent changes to the licensing system. In an effort to be responsive to...
Gov. Bush Pledges to Sign SB1486; Insurers Uneasy About Its Provisions
May 23 2005 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pledged during the May 11 opening of the annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference at the Tampa Convention Center to sign and approve Senate Bill 1486, controversial legislation that consumer...
Ga. Climatologist Cautions Residents to Prepare Now for Hurricanes
May 23 2005 // The seasonal hurricane out-look should have no impact on hurricane plans,” David Stooksbury, the Georgia state climatologist cautioned participants at the Governor’s Emergency Management Conference at the...
May 23 2005 // Charleston, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla., were two of five cities the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center forecasters and NOAA Aircraft Operations Center crew visited during a May 2-6...
Allstate Floridian Scaling Back on Risk; Applies to Drop 95,000 Homeowners
May 19 2005 // Allstate Floridian, the state’s third-largest provider of homeowners insurance has applied to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in Tallahassee to scale back its insurance risk in Florida by dropping 95,000...
Citizens Property Considering Direct Reporting of Claims
May 18 2005 // New policies soon to be implemented by Citizens Property Insurance Corp., were presented last week to representatives from major insurance companies in Florida and Florida Association of Insurance Agents representatives...
Experts Predict 70 Percent Above Normal Hurricane Activity
May 18 2005 // As the season’s first tropical storm now brews in the Pacific and is about to cross-over into the southern Gulf of Mexico toward Cuba, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted there will be...
So. Texas TV Outlets Air Hurricane Awareness Series
May 18 2005 // Television stations in Corpus Christi and Harlingen have begun airing a series of news reports on hurricane awareness, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. The impetus to focus on what homeowners along the Texas coast...
Hurricane Relief Property Tax Refunds Being Mailed to Fla. Homeowners
May 18 2005 // Florida homeowners forced out of their homes for 60 days or more last year as a result of named tropical storms or hurricanes have begun to receive hurricane relief payments from the Department of Revenue. Checks averaging...
