Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
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Economic Downturn Dooms Florida Hurricane Supplies Tax Break
Jul 14 2008 // Economic woes have forced Florida lawmakers to ax a pair of popular tax breaks as parents prepare to return their children to school next month and the state readies itself for hurricane season. Prompted by dismal revenue...
Majority of California Wildfires Contained, 100 Homes Destroyed
Jul 14 2008 // More than 1,400 fires that burned as part of California’s lightining series have been contained due to the endless efforts of firefighters from California, as well as from throughout the nation and Canada, according...
InsuranceLeadz.com and Middle Cross Software Partner to Launch New Service Called Typhoon
Jul 9 2008 // InsuranceLeadz.com would like to announce its partnership of Middle Cross Software to launch their new Quote Burst Typhoon service line for Allstate insurance agents. This new service will allow Allstate insurance agents...
Colo., Texas Lead the Top 10 Most Tornado Prone Areas
Jul 9 2008 // The rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to regions most prone to tornados, according to Boston-based CDS Business Mapping LLC, an online hazard mapping firm. The top 10 most tornado...
Minn. Experts: Garage Doors Can be Weak Point in Tornado Damage
Jul 8 2008 // When high winds from tornados and severe storms hit, a house’s garage door can be a weak point. And sometimes if a garage door goes, it can be the first step in a disastrous chain reaction. Minnesota has recently...
Bertha Becomes 2008 Atlantic Season’s First Hurricane
Jul 7 2008 // The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory this morning that Bertha has developed into the season’s first hurricane in the open Atlantic Ocean. The center said Bertha is not an immediate threat to land. At 5...
Public Adjusters Take the Heat for Reopened Hurricane Claims
Jul 7 2008 // Public adjusters are being blamed for thousands of unresolved insurance claims in Florida dating back to the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons. A Florida task force monitoring how state-backed Citizens Property Insurance...
Firefighters in Stalemate Against Calif. Wildfires
Jul 7 2008 // Firefighters have battled hundreds of wildfires burning throughout Northern California to a stalemate in the past month, but forecasters say dangerous fire conditions will not relent anytime soon. While it is still too...
Hurricane Center Tracking ‘Tropical Wave’ in Atlantic Ocean
Jul 2 2008 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami said it is currently tracking a “strong tropical wave over the extreme eastern Atlantic Ocean about 330 miles southeast of Sal in the Cape Verde Islands.” The NHC said...
California Workers’ Comp Insurer Extends Credit to Wildfire Victims
Jul 2 2008 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund announced that it will extend credit to policyholders who have suffered a financial loss or business disruption caused by the hundreds of wildfires burning throughout...
Firefighters in Stalemate Against Calif. Wildfires
Jul 1 2008 // Firefighters have battled more than a thousand wildfires burning throughout Northern California to a stalemate, but forecasters said dangerous fire conditions will not relent anytime soon. No new major fires had broken out...
Willis Research Network Joins in California Earthquake Study
Jun 30 2008 // The Willis Research Network, part of Willis Group Holdings Ltd., the global insurance broker, has joined with the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Geological Survey to develop a scenario that shows how a magnitude...
Hurricane Chief: Funds, Research Can Improve Hurricane Forecasting
Jun 26 2008 // The National Hurricane Center’s director says his organization would need tens of millions of dollars over the next decade for research to reduce substantially the errors in forecasting the intensity of...
Update: North Carolina Wildfire Costs Reach $4.9 Million
Jun 23 2008 // The cost to fight a massive wildfire in eastern North Carolina is going up. Fire command center spokesman Dean McAlister said June 19 the costs have reached $4.9 million. Officials battling the fire in and around the...
80 Dead in Philippine Typhoon; Over 700 Missing from Stricken Ferry
Jun 23 2008 // Worried relatives wept Sunday as they awaited news of more than 740 passengers and crew aboard a ferry that capsized as Typhoon Fengshen swamped the Philippines, killing more than 80 people and submerging entire...
HCC Forms Earthquake Division and Crime Coverage Bond Unit
Jun 23 2008 // Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. appointed Todd Ruyak and Eric Mihailovich senior vice presidents of the company’s newly formed Professional Indemnity Agency Inc. (PIA) Property Division, reporting to PIA...
RenRe Hosts Hurricane Risk Mitigation Leadership Forum
Jun 20 2008 // Bermuda’s RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. marked the start of the 2008 hurricane season by holding a seminar, the first ever “Hurricane Risk Mitigation Leadership Forum”, which announced some key findings on...
AIG Private Client Group Expands Wildfire Protection Services
Jun 19 2008 // AIG Private Client Group, a division of the personal lines property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc., announced that its Wildfire Protection Unit service has doubled the number of...
Iowa Scout Camp Hit by Tornado Closes, Insurance Adjusters Tour Site
Jun 19 2008 // Officials with the Boy Scouts of America say the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in western Iowa will be closed for the summer following a deadly tornado that hit it on June 11. Four Boy Scouts were killed and nearly 50 others...
Harris County Leads Texas in Number of Tornadoes
Jun 19 2008 // Harris County has had almost twice as many tornadoes reported than any other county in the state according to a recent survey conducted by the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT). Despite its location south of what is...
