Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
RSA Tumbles as Windstorms Push Profitability below Target
Nov 6 2013 // RSA Insurance Group Plc tumbled after the U.K.’s biggest non-life insurer by market value said it will miss its profitability target in the wake of last week’s European windstorms. Wind damage in Europe and...
Thousands Without Power After Pacific West Wind Storm
Nov 4 2013 // Thousands of people were without power as of Sunday evening in Washington state following Saturday’s wind storm. The storm knocked out power to about 150,000 people in the Puget Sound region. About 10,000 were still...
Billions in Flood Insurance Liability at Stake from Central Texas Storms
Nov 1 2013 // Central Texas is mopping up after strong storms dumped more than a foot of rain in some areas and many homeowners likely will be hoping they have flood insurance in place to cover the damage. The National Weather Service...
UPDATE: AIR Worldwide Reports on European Windstorm Christian
Oct 30 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide continued its analysis of Windstorm “Christian,” which smashed into southern Britain Monday, October 28, knocking over trees, flooding lowlands, and disrupting land, sea,...
Texas Holds Oct. 30 Hearing on Windstorm Liability Limit Increases
Oct 29 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a hearing on Oct. 30 to consider a petition by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to raise the maximum limits of liability for windstorm and hail insurance policies...
Europe Battered by Winter Storm Christian: AIR Worldwide Analysis
Oct 29 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reported that “winter storm ‘Christian’ (known as ‘St. Jude in the United Kingdom) battered the western shores of southern Great Britain early on Monday,...
Storm Kills Five in UK, Netherlands; Causes Power Cuts, Travel Chaos
Oct 28 2013 // Hurricane strength winds battered Britain and the Netherlands on Monday, killing five people, cutting power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and train journeys before the storm barreled further into...
N.Y. Announces Protocol for Insurers to Follow During Future Severe Storms
Oct 28 2013 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that his administration has established a new emergency disaster protocol that insurers should expect to follow in the event of future severe storms and other natural...
1 Year After Sandy: A Complex Task in Tallying Storm’s Death, Damage
Oct 28 2013 // Tracking the toll of a disaster like Superstorm Sandy is not like keeping score at a baseball game. Its damage to lives and property may never be known precisely, and there are multiple ways to tally it. In the case of...
Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Models Sandy Storm Surge
Oct 28 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, announced that it is “helping insurers and reinsurers prepare for current and future U.S. hurricane seasons with its...
Study Suggests Topography Can Strengthen Tornadoes
Oct 25 2013 // The Georgia town of Trenton seems to fit the model. Two people died there about a block from each other. Ringgold, Ga., does, too. Death toll there: 8. In both cases, National Weather Service maps that tracked the April...
U.K. Braces for Hurricane-Force Winds in Worst Storm Since 1990
Oct 25 2013 // Southern England is girding for 90 mile-per-hour winds as the biggest storm since 1990 is forecast to fell trees and damage buildings. Rain and high winds are predicted to lash the area on the evening of Oct. 27 through to...
Survey: Many Sandy-Impacted Small Biz in N.Y. Unprepared for Another Storm
Oct 24 2013 // A year after Superstorm Sandy, a new survey of small business owners and managers in the metropolitan New York City area found that nearly 30 percent of respondents affected by the storm would be forced to make staffing...
University of Alabama Studies Impact of 2011 Tornado on Foreclosures
Oct 21 2013 // A University of Alabama study has found that the April 2011 tornado didn’t severely impact home foreclosures in the Tuscaloosa area. Sociologist Bronwen Lichtenstein says researchers noted a slight decrease in...
Study: Due to Rising Sea Levels, Small Storms Could Produce Significant Flooding
Oct 21 2013 // Almost a year after Superstorm Sandy, parts of New York and New Jersey are still recovering from billions of dollars in flood damage. And a new study says that in the future, storms smaller than Sandy may be able to...
As Many as 9 Tornadoes Reported in Nebraska, Iowa
Oct 21 2013 // As many as nine tornadoes – at least one rated a powerful EF3 – touched down across northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa as a storm cell moved over the region in the evening on Oct. 4, causing structural damage and...
Oklahoma AG’s Ballot Rewrite on School Storm Shelters Criticized
Oct 17 2013 // The attorney general’s rewrite of the ballot language for a plan to issue $500 million in bonds to help school districts pay for safe-room shelters is biased against the proposal and may be challenged in court, a...
Many New Yorkers Say City’s Storm Risk Rising: Swiss Re Survey
Oct 16 2013 // With Superstorm Sandy’s one-year anniversary approaching, 51 percent of New Yorkers believe that the risk of their city being hit by another powerful storm will increase over the next two decades, according to a...
AXA Sells $474 Million in Cat Bonds against Europe Storm Damage
Oct 16 2013 // AXA SA said it sold catastrophe bonds designed to protect insurers from payouts on storm damage, in the biggest transaction of the notes in euros. Europe’s second-largest insurer by market value issued €350 million...
Australia Weather Bureau Forecasts up to 11 Cyclones in Storm Season
Oct 15 2013 // Australia can expect an average cyclone season with up to 11 tropical storms, four of them severe, in the next six months, the Bureau of Meteorology forecast said on Monday. Australia’s cyclone season runs from Nov....
