Latest Natural Disasters Headlines
All the headlines from our Natural Disasters Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Calif. Earthquake Authority Selects Financial Modeler
Jan 17 2001 // As the California Earthquake Authority continues its strategic planning process, its most recent step was to select Paratus Consulting, a newly founded San Francisco-based consultancy, as its financial modeler. Paratus...
Northridge Earthquake Class Action Suit Filed Against 21st Century
Jan 4 2001 // A class action lawsuit was filed Tuesday against 21st Century Insurance Co. on behalf of policyholders who filed timely property damage claims stemming from the 1994 Northridge earthquake but whose claims were mishandled,...
Munich Re Survey Shows Natural Disasters Increase – Less Losses
Dec 29 2000 // Munich Re has released a survey of the natural disasters which occurred in the year 2000, citing over 850 worldwide catastrophes, 100 more than last year, but finds that the economic consequences were less, as many of them...
Gray Predicts Relatively Quiet 2001 Hurricane Season
Dec 8 2000 // After six years that set a record for Atlantic Basin tropical storms and hurricane activity, William Gray and his associates at Colorado State University are calling for a season slightly below the long-term average. For...
Arrowhead Adds New Senior V.P. to Earthquake Division
Dec 5 2000 // San Diego-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced that Steve Bouker joined the company as senior vice president of the newly formed Residential Earthquake Division. Bouker, who was previously with Pacific...
