Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
UPDATE: Rita Makes Landfall on Texas-Louisiana Coast, Storm Falls to a CAT 1
Sep 23 2005 // Hurricane Rita made impact on the Texas-Louisiana coast Friday night into Saturday, with flooding for coastal towns, major wind damage, and several fires. Houston, however, seemed to be spared the worst of it as the storm...
California Raisin Growers Try To Save Crops After Early Storm
Sep 23 2005 // An early thunderstorm soaked California’s vineyards, threatening the nation’s raisin crop even as many farmers missed the deadline to qualify for crop insurance. California fields produce all domestically grown...
UPDATE: Rita Course Shifts Slightly; Storm Now a CAT 4
Sep 21 2005 // While meteorologists are still not saying for sure where Hurricane Rita will touch down in the next 24 to 36 hours, a slight change in course during the day on Thursday and into the evening may spare both Houston and...
NHC Tracking Tropical Storm Rita, Hurricane Philippe
Sep 19 2005 // Rita became the 17th named storm of the current season over the weekend, as maximum sustained winds neared 50 mph (85 km/hr) with higher gusts. Miami’s National Hurricane Center warned that the storm could become a...
FAIA Studying Windstorm ‘Vehicle’
Sep 19 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has announced it will study “another avenue” for covering hurricane wind damage in Florida and would like to establish its own “vehicle” to insure...
Weathering the storm
Sep 19 2005 // Hurricane Katrina could be called an industry nightmare. Some insurers were still reeling from the effects of the Asian tsunamis and last year’s four hurricanes. Yet when Katrina struck in late August, she forced...
Tropical Storm Ophelia Weakens, Sparing New England from Damage
Sep 18 2005 // Predicted heavy rains and fierce winds never materialized and New England escaped the worst of Tropical Storm Ophelia. By Saturday morning, Ophelia pushed past southeastern Massachusetts, the Cape and the Islands, and...
Hurricane Ophelia Lashes Cape Lookout, N.C.; Serious Flooding, 11-foot Storm Surge Predicted
Sep 15 2005 // Hurricane warnings are up over a 220 mile stretch of North Carolina’s coast, from Surf City, north of Wilmington to the Virginia line as officials fear serious flooding and a possible 11-foot storm surge. Early...
NICB Warns Against Illegal Resale of Storm-Damaged Katrina Vehicles
Sep 12 2005 // Special insurance industry teams will be assisting Gulf Coast law enforcement and insurers in identifying and cataloging vehicles damaged by Hurricane Katrina to prevent their fraudulent resale to unsuspecting consumers in...
Kingsway Gives Report for Katrina, Ontario Storm
Sep 9 2005 // Toronto-based Kingsway Financial Services Inc., the largest truck insurer in North America, has indicated that, due to reinsurance recoveries, its maximum exposure to losses from hurricane Katrina will not exceed U.S. $2...
MMC Names Storms Chairman, CEO of Marsh; Caulfield Appointed at MHRC
Sep 9 2005 // Michael Cherkasky, president and chief executive officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC), announced that Brian Storms has been named chairman and chief executive officer of Marsh Inc., its risk and insurance...
NHC Watching Tropical Storm Ophelia
Sep 7 2005 // Miami’s National Hurricane Center is currently tracking three tropical storms in the Atlantic, Ophelia, Maria and Nate. Only the first one poses any potential threat to the U.S. mainland. At 5 a.m. EDT, The center of...
Citizens Stops Writing New Policies; Tropical Storm Orphelia Moving N.W. Toward Fla.
Sep 6 2005 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., has stopped writing new policies or taking changes on exhisting policies in Florida due to the approach of Tropical Storm Orphelia. The tropical storm warning for Ophelia was issued at 11...
Insurers Tally Damage After Wisc. Tornadoes
Sep 5 2005 // Insurance companies are totaling up the damage from more than two dozen tornadoes that struck south-central Wisconsin in mid-August. Statewide, the storms resulted in one death, 30 injuries, 20-25 destroyed homes, and 200...
Insurers Tally Damage After Wisc. Tornadoes
Sep 5 2005 // Insurance companies are totaling up the damage from more than two dozen tornadoes that struck south-central Wisconsin in mid-August. Statewide, the storms resulted in one death, 30 injuries, 20-25 destroyed homes, and 200...
Storm Warnings
Sep 5 2005 // As the hurricane season recently entered its third month, a London-based storm forecaster reported that a higher-than-usual number of hurricanes are expected to hit the United States this year. Tropical Storm Risk...
Storm Warnings
Sep 5 2005 // As the hurricane season recently entered its third month, a London-based storm forecaster reported that a higher-than-usual number of hurricanes are expected to hit the United States this year. Tropical Storm Risk...
Insurer Pays $11 Million in Wisc. Tornado Claims
Aug 31 2005 // American Family Insurance of Madison has paid out $11 million in damage claims so far as a result of the Aug. 18 tornadoes that hit central Wisconsin. The insurer provided an update Wednesday on damage claims stemming from...
Tropical Storm Katrina to Bring Rain, High Winds Into Tennessee Valley
Aug 30 2005 // Tropical storm Katrina was 35 miles south of Clarksville, Tenn. on Tuesday morning, moving north-northeast at 18 mph. Predictions by the National Hurricane Center indicate it should take a turn toward the northeast, gain...
Insurers Post Special Toll-Free Numbers to Help Katrina Victims as Storm Moves North
Aug 29 2005 // Policyholders with questions regarding their coverage for damage caused by Hurricane Katrina should contact their insurance agent or company representative. To assist consumers, special toll-free numbers have been set up...
