Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
P/C Insurers Face $1 Billion Tab for February Storms in U.S.
Mar 9 2015 // February storms in the U.S. are expected to cost insurers more than $1 billion, according to the latest Global Catastrophe Recap from Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting. Five separate storm systems hit the U.S. during...
Massachusetts Official Surveys Storm Damage Along Coast
Mar 2 2015 // Parts of the Massachusetts coastline could face a lengthy recovery process after being pummeled by severe winter storms, the state’s top environmental official said on Feb. 27. Secretary of Energy and Environmental...
Climate Change Affecting Hawaii Island Storms, Researchers Say
Feb 23 2015 // Two university of Hawaii researchers say climate change is affecting rainfall on Hawaii Island. The researchers say heavy rainstorms are occurring more often on the Big Island. Ying Chen and Pao-Shin Chu reported their...
PERILS Puts Initial Loss Estimate for Windstorm Elon-Felix at $374 Million
Feb 19 2015 // PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, announced that its initial loss estimate of the insured property market loss for windstorm Elon-Felix, which...
Insurers Brace for Claims as More Snow Expected to Hit Storm-Weary Boston
Feb 13 2015 // Since the first winter storm hit Boston at the end of January, the city has removed over 10,000 truckloads of snow after a record six feet of snowfall in the last 30 days — breaking the previous record of 58.5...
$324 Million: PERILS’ Final Loss Estimate for Windstorm Tini
Feb 12 2015 // PERILS AG announced that its final property insurance market loss estimate for windstorm Tini, also known as Darwin, which affected Ireland and the United Kingdom on 12 and 13 February 2014, is €286 million [$324...
New England Digs Out From Latest Winter Storm, Braces for More Snow
Feb 11 2015 // Snow-choked New England braced for more winter grief later in the week as people dug out from another 2 feet of snow Tuesday amid below-freezing temperatures and stranded Boston commuters scrambled to find other ways to...
Climate Change Affecting Hawaii Island Storms, Researchers Say
Feb 10 2015 // Two university of Hawaii researchers say climate change is affecting rainfall on Hawaii Island. The researchers say heavy rainstorms are occurring more often on the Big Island. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Ying...
Few Claims Reported From Winter Storm Juno
Feb 9 2015 // Winter Storm Juno – a blizzard that swept through the Northeast during the last week of January and brought record and near-record snowfalls and high winds – has resulted in relatively few insurance claims so...
Aon Benfield/Impact Forecasting Jan. Cat Report Highlights Winter Storms
Feb 6 2015 // The latest edition of Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team’s, Global Catastrophe Recap report, evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during...
Few Claims Reported From Winter Storm Juno
Feb 2 2015 // Winter Storm Juno — a blizzard that swept through the Northeast during the last week of January and brought record and near-record snowfalls and high winds — has resulted in relatively few insurance claims so...
New York, Northeast May Get 3 Feet of Snow in Historic Storm
Jan 26 2015 // A blizzard forecasters call “life-threatening” that may drop three feet of snow from New York to Boston has caused more than 1,800 flight cancellations and will likely block road and rail traffic, close schools...
Kansas Storm Damage Totals Dropped in 2014
Jan 26 2015 // The amount of storm damage reported in Kansas in 2014 was the lowest amount in 16 years, according to state insurance regulators. The Kansas Insurance Department says insurance companies received reports of $112.4 million...
Legislative Focus for Texas Windstorm Insurer: Funding, Depopulation
Jan 22 2015 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the state-created insurer that provides property coverage for wind and hail in 14 coastal counties and parts of Harris County, has submitted a report to the Legislature with...
Small Tornado in Washington Confirmed by Weather Service
Jan 21 2015 // The National Weather Service confirms it was a small tornado that knocked down some trees and blew around loose objects Sunday afternoon at Gig Harbor in Washington. A Weather Service survey team determined the tornado was...
Texas Windstorm Expert Panel to Discuss Work at Public Meeting
Jan 20 2015 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance expert panel will hold a public meeting on Jan. 28 to inform the public about the progress of the panel’s work, to allow the public to observe the panel discussing its work, and to give...
Storm Slickens Virginia Roads, Troopers Respond to 344 Wrecks
Jan 16 2015 // Virginia State Police report more than 300 wrecks across the state due to roads slickened by a winter storm. State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller says no injuries were reported in a majority of the wrecks. Geller says...
Weather Service: Fewest Tornadoes on Record in Oklahoma in 2014
Jan 12 2015 // Just 16 tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma in 2014, which the National Weather Service says is the fewest on record. Oklahoma state climatologist Gary McManus says a combination of factors led to the relative lack of...
Officials Confirm Weekend Tornado in Alabama
Jan 9 2015 // The National Weather Service is checking the damage from a weekend of rough weather in Alabama. Officials confirmed Monday that a weak tornado touched down in west Alabama in Hamilton on Saturday evening. A twister with 85...
Kansas Storm Damage Totals Dropped in 2014
Jan 6 2015 // The amount of storm damage reported in Kansas in 2014 was the lowest amount in 16 years, according to state insurance regulators. The Kansas Insurance Department says insurance companies received reports of $112.4 million...
