Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Damage from Central Texas Storm Nearing $100 Million
Mar 30 2005 // Two Texas-based insurance industry trade associations released preliminary estimations of the cost of damages from the strong hailstorm that hit Central Texas on Friday, March 24. According to the Southwestern Insurance...
Calif. Authorities Warn of Getting Soaked by Fraudulent Contractors Following Storms
Mar 10 2005 // As the damage from the recent California storms is tallied, a new peril threatens homeowners — con artists posing as contractors and public adjusters. These criminals come out of the woodwork after disasters, preying...
Ky. Insurance Dept. Publishes ‘After the Storm’ Booklet
Mar 9 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance has just published a consumer’s booklet “After the Storm Has Passed, Settling Disaster Claims: Who to Call and What to Do.” The eight-page booklet features a check-sheet...
Windstorm Panelists Doubt Hurricane Claim Settlement Statistics
Feb 2 2005 // Panelists and even the audience dispute Florida Insurance Council and Florida Office of Insurance Regulation statistics indicating that a large percentage of claims from the four hurricanes that hit Florida in 2004 have...
Feb. 1-4 Windstorm Conference Agenda: Hurricane Lessons, Preparing for Summer
Jan 27 2005 // The four major hurricanes that severely impacted Florida and other states and preparing for the 2005 hurricane season will be discussed by Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, during the Feb. 1 to 4...
PartnerRe Believes Claims from European Windstorm Erwin to be Between $50-$60 Million
Jan 26 2005 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that claims relating to its exposure to Windstorm Erwin, which hit Northern Europe in early January, are expected to be between $50-$60 million. Windstorm Erwin battered Northern...
TDI to Hold Hearing on Proposed Increases to Texas Windstorm Liability Limits
Jan 25 2005 // On Jan. 26, 2005, the Texas Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on proposed additional increases to the limits of liability for certain Texas Windstorm Insurance Association windstorm and hail insurance...
Europe Counts Storm’s Costs, as Clean-up Begins
Jan 13 2005 // California isn’t alone in trying to cope with deadly weather. Northern Europe has been lashed by the most powerful storm to hit the continent since Lothar and Martin ravaged France, Switzerland and Germany in...
Safety Should be Primary Concern in Wake of California Storms, Says ACIC
Jan 13 2005 // In the aftermath of the Southern California storms, flooding and mudslides that have already claimed at least 10 lives, insurers are urging residents to exercise caution in cleanup now that the storms are...
14 Dead as Storms, Floods Hit Northern Europe
Jan 10 2005 // A severe winter storm, packing winds up to 150 km/hr (94 mph) and heavy rains has paralyzed much of Northern Europe, caused at least 14 deaths, knocked out power over wide areas and severely interrupted sea, air and land...
WINDSTORM CONFERENCE SLATED IN TAMPA:
Jan 3 2005 // Max Mayfield, National Hurricane Center director and Bill Bailey, Hurricane Insurance Information Center director will join leading property insurance industry experts speaking at the Feb. 1 — 4, Sixth Annual...
Californians Deal with Winter Storms, Potential Floods
Dec 30 2004 // Californians this week are once again dealing with the effects of a fierce rainy season. No California county is immune from the risk of flooding. In the past 10 years alone, there have been three large-scale, widespread,...
Victims of Tornado Damage Still Waiting on FEMA
Dec 30 2004 // Those without insurance whose homes were damaged in the Nov. 23 tornado that ripped through Holum and Olla, Louisiana are still waiting to hear if they can expect any help from the Federal Emergency Management...
Georgia Still Cleaning Up After Hurricane Ivan, Storms
Dec 28 2004 // More than $114 million in hurricane claim losses have been reported in Georgia by John Oxendine, Insurance Commissioner, while Hurricane Ivan accounted for $75 million in damages. A number of families in metro Atlanta are...
NOAA: U.S. Reported Tornadoes Reaches Record High
Dec 27 2004 // The total number of tornadoes reported in the United States reached a record high during the year 2004, surpassing the previous record by almost 300, according to officials at NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center in...
Citizens Property Crunching Numbers to Pay Fla. Policyholders Following Storms
Dec 8 2004 // Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens), Florida’s state-run insurer of last resort, could face a shortfall in available funds to pay off insurance claims and might have to assess an $86 per policy to...
Hurricane Experts, Mayfield, Bailey to Address Tampa Windstorm Conference
Dec 6 2004 // Max Mayfield, National Hurricane Center director and Bill Bailey, Hurricane Insurance Information Center director will join leading property insurance industry experts speaking at the Feb. 1 to 4 Sixth Annual Windstorm...
Hurricane Spitzer to Take London by Storm
Dec 6 2004 // There’s still some sense of disbelief over here in London at the moment. Hurricane Spitzer seems to have struck New York full on, but the hope that it may not hurt London too much is palpable. The thinking goes that...
Hurricane Spitzer to Take London by Storm
Dec 6 2004 // There’s still some sense of disbelief here in London at the moment. Hurricane Spitzer seems to have struck New York full on, but the hope that it may not hurt London too much is palpable. The thinking goes that...
Hurricane Spitzer to Take London by Storm
Dec 6 2004 // There’s still some sense of disbelief here in London at the moment. Hurricane Spitzer seems to have struck New York full on, but the hope that it may not hurt London too much is palpable. The thinking goes that...
