Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
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La. Gov. Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Hurricane Dennis
Jul 8 2005 // Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco issued Proclamation No. 38 KBB 2005, declaring a state of emergency for the state of Louisiana as Hurricane Dennis prepares to enter the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters say the...
Dennis Is First Hurricane of the Season; On Course Towards Jamaica
Jul 7 2005 // As expected, tropical storm Dennis became Hurricane Dennis yesterday, July 6, when wind speeds exceeded 72 mph (115 km/hr). The storm is currently a category 1 hurricane packing maximum sustained winds near 85 mph (140...
N.Y. Congressional Delegation Urges Renewal of Terrorism Insurance
Jul 7 2005 // Twnety-one bipartisan members of Congress from New York have signed a letter urging quick action on renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which the Bush Administration has opposed in its current form. A day after...
Blair Reacts to London Bombings; Says Countries United to Fight Terrorism
Jul 7 2005 // British Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke about this morning’s explosions on buses and tubes in the capital. Speaking from the G8 summit in Gleneagles, he said his thoughts were with the victims and families of those...
Florida Keys Evacuate as Hurricane Dennis Eyes State
Jul 7 2005 // Evacuations began early Thursday in the Florida Keys as the year’s first hurricane, Dennis, eyed the Sunshine State as it moved through the Caribbean. Forecasters report it could hit Florida as soon as this...
Dennis Becoming Hurricane Menace
Jul 6 2005 // Tropical storm Dennis, the fourth named storm of the season, is currently in the process of consolidation. The latest bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami puts the center of the storm about 310 miles (500...
Tropical Storm Cindy Heads for Northern Gulf Coast
Jul 5 2005 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a tropical storm warning for the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Intracoastal City, La., to Pascagoula, Miss., including the city of New Orleans and Lake...
FAIA Speaker Warns: Make Hurricane Policy Changes Before That One-in-10,000 Hurricane Hits
Jul 1 2005 // It’s essential to prepare now in case that one-in-10,000 major hurricane hits the Southern United States, Roger Looyenga, CEO of Auto-Owners Insurance told conventioneers attending the Florida Association of...
Record-Breaking 2004 Hurricane Season to Change Cat Modeling
Jul 1 2005 // The 2004 hurricane season has led to a much greater focus on aggregate risk and this will prompt changes in catastrophe risk assessment, attendees at the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Spring meeting heard. Randall...
Treasury Report Opposes Renewal of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
Jun 30 2005 // The Treasury Department on June 30 released a long-awaited report on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 that concludes the act should not be renewed by Congress in its current form. The report finds that TRIA has...
Treasury Report on Terrorism Insurance: Exec Summary
Jun 30 2005 // The following is the Introduction and the Executive Summary of the June 30, 2005 report from the Treasury Department on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 including its assessment of the act and recommendations for...
Businesses Hit Treasury Terrorism Insurance Report
Jun 30 2005 // The business lobby, Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism, is blasting as “flawed” and illogical the Treasury Department’s report recommending against renewal of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act...
UF Study Shows Fla. Homes Built After 2002 Sustained Less Damage in Hurricane Winds
Jun 29 2005 // Homes built under the Florida Building Code that became effective in 2002 sustained less damage on average than those built between 1994 and 2001 under the Standard Building Code according to a University of Florida study...
China’s PICC Uses AIR Model for Earthquake Risk Analysis
Jun 28 2005 // AIR Worldwide Corporation has announced that China’s PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited has completed the first earthquake risk analysis using AIR’s China earthquake model. Guy Carpenter coordinated the...
June Hailstorms Total $18 Million in N.D. Insured Damages
Jun 28 2005 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman reported that severe weather that ripped through the Dickinson area in Western North Dakota and the Langdon and Walhalla areas in Eastern North Dakota earlier this month has...
AIG Private Client Group Launches Mobile Wildfire Protection Unit for Calif. Policyholders
Jun 28 2005 // AIG Private Client Group, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced the creation and deployment of its Wildfire Protection Unit, the first mobile...
Firefighters Gain Against Southern California Wildfires
Jun 27 2005 // The worst danger from California’s first major wildfires of the season seemed to have subsided Friday, but officials said the blazes should serve as a reminder of what’s to come in the region, where heavy...
Arizona Wildfire Grows; Firefighters Gaining on California Blaze That Destroyed 6 Homes
Jun 23 2005 // A number of multimillion-dollar homes were in danger of falling Thursday in Arizona as firefighters for another day did battle with a wildfire that was threatening an area some 20 miles from Phoenix. Officials said some...
Wildfires Threaten Several Western States; Number of Homes Damaged
Jun 22 2005 // Hot temperatures and gusty winds aided several wildfires burning in a Southern California desert community and a national forest in neighboring Arizona on Wednesday, damaging a number of homes and threatening many more as...
FIC UNVEILS HURRICANE CENTRAL WEB SITE
Jun 20 2005 // The Florida Insurance Council has unveiled a new Hurricane Central Web site (www.flains.org) as the site to find reliable hurricane-related information. The site is part of the industry’s response to legislation...
