Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Claudette Downgraded to Tropical Storm
Jul 16 2003 // After briefly being considered a hurricane as it neared Baffin Bay to High Island, the National Weather Service relabeled Claudette a tropical storm as it hits South Texas, from Port Aransas to Freeport. The storm with...
ICT Reports on Texas’ Costliest and Deadliest Storms
Jul 14 2003 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) today reported the state’s costliest and deadliest storms since 1950. A tropical storm that dropped more than three feet of rain on parts of Houston was the costliest weather...
State Auto Financial Expects Storms to Impact Earnings
Jul 10 2003 // Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corporation has increased its estimate of May storm losses by $16 million, bringing the total to $39 to $42 million, pre-tax. This will add seven loss ratio points to the previous estimate...
Tropical Storm Claudette Moving Toward Mexico
Jul 10 2003 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami continued its “Tropical Storm Warning,” as “Claudette,” the third named Atlantic storm of the season continues to move west through the Gulf of Mexico towards...
Tropical Storm Bill Moving Towards Gulf Coast; Hurricane Watch Issued
Jun 30 2003 // The National Hurricane Center reported that Tropical Storm Bill is currently around 185 miles south of Morgan City Louisiana, and is moving north at around 14 mph. If it continues along its present path, Bill could make...
SAFECO ESTIMATES STORM LOSSES:
Jun 23 2003 // Seattle-based Safeco announced that claims stemming from the recent string of Midwest and Southern tornadoes, added to losses from violent hailstorms in Texas earlier in the quarter, are estimated at nearly $90 million in...
Mo. DOI to Counsel Storm Victims in 7 Towns
Jun 9 2003 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director Scott B. Lakin said consumer service representatives will counsel victims of the state’s May tornados in seven communities later this month. The counselors will visit...
Worst Ever Tornado Losses Won’t Affect Property Rates Yet
Jun 9 2003 // A series of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that ravaged the country’s mid-section in early May is not likely to send property insurance rates soaring again, but the surprising weather pattern has caused insurers...
Canadian April Storm Losses Reach $14.3 Million
May 27 2003 // The Insurance Bureau of Canada has released estimates that the rain storms that swept across the country’s Atlantic region on April 1st caused $14.3 million in insured damage to cars, homes and other...
State Auto Expects About $23 Million in May Storm Losses
May 21 2003 // State Auto Financial Corp. announced that it estimates that May storms would contribute about $23 million to $26 million pre-tax to losses in the second quarter, adding 10 to 11 direct-loss ratio points to second quarter...
Safeco Estimates Storm Losses
May 20 2003 // Seattle-based Safeco announced that claims stemming from the recent string of Midwest and Southern tornadoes, added to losses from violent hailstorms in Texas earlier in the quarter, are estimated at nearly $90 million in...
Kansas DOI Establishes Temporary Office for Storm Inquiries
May 20 2003 // The Kansas Insurance Department has established a temporary office in Liberal, Kan., to help storm and tornado victims with insurance-related inquiries, according to a statement. Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger...
Insurance Losses From Tornadoes Could Be Most Costly Event Ever, Says I.I.I.
May 20 2003 // U.S. insurers have taken another hit these past few weeks as tornado season continues to wreak havoc on the nation. The tornadoes, which swept across parts of the U.S. from May 2-11, have the potential to be the costliest...
Fisher Says Industry Will Serve Okla. Tornado Survivors Well
May 16 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher told tornado survivors he will help the insurance industry in any way possible to resolve claims resulting from the storms that hit his state in early May. Fisher made his...
May 4 Kan. Tornado Insured Damage Totals $70 Million
May 16 2003 // Insured property damages due to the May 4 tornadoes in Kansas are about $70 million, according to the state’s insurance department. Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger estimated that the damage in Northeast Kansas,...
Ohio Casualty Corp. Notes Storms Impact Q2 Earnings
May 15 2003 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced that second quarter earnings will be impacted by net catastrophe losses estimated at $12 million before tax which were incurred during the period April 1 though May 11,...
Mo. Storms Hit Insurers for $400 Million, Says Commish
May 14 2003 // Missouri’s insurers are likely to pay at least $400 million to more than 60,000 Missourians for insured property damage from last week’s tornadoes and other violent storms, according to Insurance Commissioner...
AIR Estimates $2.2 Billion-Plus Insured Losses to Storms
May 14 2003 // AIR Worldwide Corp., a leading catastrophe modeling company, estimates that losses from the recent outbreak of severe weather in the central United States could exceed the $2.2 billion loss caused by a severe weather...
Midwest Tornadoes Cause at Least $325 Million in Insurance Losses
May 8 2003 // Tornadoes that swept across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Tennessee earlier this week could cost insurers at least $325 million — making it one of the top five costliest tornado events, according...
ISO: Midwest Tornadoes are an Insurance Catastrophe
May 7 2003 // Even though preliminary figures are not even available yet, the Insurance Services Office Inc. has labeled the tornadoes that hit 14 Midwestern states an insurance catastrophe, meaning that insured damages are expected to...
