Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Earthquake Authority Releases Project Consulting Team Report
Jul 11 2001 // A new report completed by Tillinghast-Towers Perrin presents the current state of the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) in a positive light. The “CEA Project Consulting Team Report,” was commissioned by the...
Earthquake Awareness: Not Just a California Thing Anymore
Jun 25 2001 // Residents in Oregon and Washington would probably be surprised to know that more than 1,000 earthquakes per year are recorded in the two states by the seismology lab at the University of Washington. The biggest reason for...
Banning Major Earthquakes-A Savvy, Market-Saving Move
Jun 25 2001 // Apparently, we’ve licked that quake insurance problem. Faced with the devastation (property and market) wrought by the Northridge Earthquake and the realization by insurers that the loss models they had carefully...
RMS Releases New European Windstorm Models
Jun 22 2001 // Newark, California-based Risk Management Solutions has released “two comprehensive data products designed to quantify the risks associated with European windstorms.” The heavy losses, $14.4 billion ($7.8...
Hailstorm Causes an Estimated $220M in Damage
Jun 22 2001 // Perhaps one of the most expensive hailstorms in North Dakota history struck the south central part of the state on June 9, 2001. The North Dakota Department of Insurance reported an estimated $220 million in property...
Terrorism from Newly Empowered Pressure Groups Poses a Threat
Jun 18 2001 // Firebombs, booby-trapped letters and packages, kidnappings, assaults and extortion—as these violent acts continue to proliferate, insurers have stepped up to offer financial protection. Handling threats from terrorist...
LOOKING OUT FOR HURRICANES
Jun 11 2001 // Five to seven hurricanes could strike the Caribbean and southeast U.S. coasts this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting. This hurricane season, which officially started on June 1,...
Terrorism from Newly Empowered Pressure Groups Poses a Threat
Jun 11 2001 // Firebombs, booby-trapped letters and packages, kidnappings, assaults and extortion—as these violent acts continue to proliferate, insurers have stepped up to offer financial protection. Handling threats from terrorist...
New Findings Indicate Major Earthquake Danger for Portland
May 31 2001 // Geologists in Oregon have found new evidence that the lengthy Portland Hills Fault is active and capable of generating an earthquake, the Oregonian reported yesterday. A recent discovery at Rowe Middle School in Milwaukie,...
Forecasters Predict Average Hurricane Season
May 23 2001 // Five to seven hurricanes could strike the Caribbean and southeast U.S. coasts this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting. This hurricane season, which officially starts on June 1,...
AIR Releases New Latin American Earthquake Models
May 21 2001 // Boston’s Applied Insurance Research, Inc. announced the release of new models covering Latin American earthquake risks, combining new information and new technology. “The models incorporate the most recent data...
HURRICANE EXPO SET
Apr 30 2001 // The second annual Hurricane Preparedness Expo is scheduled for June 2 in Savannah, Ga. The expo coincides with the beginning of the hurricane season—June through November. Official sponsors are The Home Depot, Insurance...
Kansas Tornado Provides No Warning
Apr 24 2001 // Twenty-eight people were injured and 200 buildings were destroyed when a tornado hit Hoisington, Kansas, on April 21. The damage was six blocks wide and a mile long. A 69-year-old man was killed in his home when warning...
Damage Claims Reach 38,000 After Missouri Hailstorm
Apr 20 2001 // Due to the last week’s hailstorm, the five largest auto-insurance companies in Missouri have received more than 38,000 claims of storm damage to cars in the St. Louis area alone. According to the St. Louis...
HURRICANE FORECASTS
Apr 16 2001 // As of early April, the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team led by William Gray has upped the numbers for 2001 just slightly, suggesting a normal season. For the June 1-Nov. 30, 2001 season, the scientists...
Hurricane Team Revises Outlook Upward; Predicts Average Season
Apr 9 2001 // As of early April, the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team led by William Gray has upped the numbers for 2001 just slightly, suggesting a normal season. For the June 1-Nov. 30, 2001 season, the scientists...
ISO Estimates $330 Million in Claims Payments for Northwest Earthquake
Mar 16 2001 // Property/casualty insurers will pay $330 million to homeowners and businesses for insured property damage from the earthquake that struck Seattle and nearby areas of Washington and Oregon, according to preliminary...
Insured Losses from Seattle Earthquake Could Reach $1 Billion
Mar 6 2001 // The insurance industry could pay up to $1 billion in claims to people whose property was damaged by the earthquake that struck Washington State last week, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The I.I.I. noted...
Rate of Hurricanes Will Increase, Expert Warns
Feb 16 2001 // Hurricane forecaster William Gray predicted Wednesday during the Windstorm Insurance Conference in Orlando, that the nation’s East Coast, particularly Florida, was at the beginning of a period of more frequent...
Earthquake Seminars To Hit the West Coast This Month
Feb 1 2001 // This month, Applied Insurance Research Inc., a Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm, will be offering free seminars in Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco to demonstrate a new site-specific risk assessment capability...
