Latest Windstorm Headlines
All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tropical Storm Gert Strengthens, Will Brush Bermuda
Aug 15 2011 // Tropical Storm Gert strengthened slowly Sunday on a track toward Bermuda and forecasters said the global reinsurance hub could expect increased winds, rain and surf when the storm passed on its eastern side. Gert, the...
Report: Okla. Roofer Gives Storm Victim Honest Deal
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Ark. Tornado Survivors Can Appeal Aid Decisions
Aug 12 2011 // People in western Arkansas who were hit by tornadoes and storms might have been turned down for disaster aid on their first try. But officials said that isn’t always the final answer. “A letter that says you...
Tennessee Still Cleaning Up After April’s Tornadoes
Aug 12 2011 // The Rev. Bill Akers stood in a yard in Lookout Valley, pointing across a small valley at two stumps, gnarled remnants rising out of barren dirt in a place once flush with trees. Just a few hundred yards away, brush lined...
April Set U.S. Record for Tornadoes
Aug 5 2011 // The U.S. set a record for the most tornadoes within a month with April’s deadly storms. The final report for the month shows there were 753 twisters across the country, including a super outbreak on April 25-28 that...
Tropical Storm Emily Breaks up over Haiti; Still Threatens Rains
Aug 5 2011 // Tropical Storm Emily broke apart over the mountains of Haiti and the Dominican Republic Thursday, but its remnants still packed rains threatening flash floods and mudslides in the neighboring Caribbean countries. The U.S....
Aon Benfield Monthly Report Highlights Increased Global Storm Activity
Aug 5 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., has released the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during...
The Hartford Q2 Profit Hit by Asbestos Charges, Tornado Losses
Aug 4 2011 // As it warned earlier, Hartford Financial Services Group saw its profit fall in the second quarter due to large catastrophe losses and a charge to increase asbestos reserves. Overall, The Hartford reported a net profit of...
Tropical Storm Emily on Path toward Haiti
Aug 4 2011 // Tropical Storm Emily brushed past Puerto Rico and set its sights on the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where more than 630,000 people are still without shelter after last year’s earthquake. A “steady shield of...
CCRIF Builds Regional Capacity for Storm Impact Forecasting
Aug 4 2011 // The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has been gearing up to face the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season by “providing assistance to Caribbean nations to prepare for the tropical cyclones that are...
Tropical Storm Emily Heading for Puerto Rico, Hispaniola
Aug 3 2011 // Tropical Storm Emily was expected to bring heavy rain Tuesday to Puerto Rico after crossing the northeast Caribbean Sea on a track that would take it near Haiti within 24 hours. The storm was expected to bring up to 4...
Ohio Storm Losses Top $500M
Aug 1 2011 // Five storms in Ohio this year have caused an estimated 125,000 claims and losses of $537 million or more, and more than half that came when a series of tornadoes struck in May. The claims and damage estimates are expected...
Tropical Storm Don Expected to Hit South Texas Coast Overnight
Jul 29 2011 // A tropical storm warning remains in effect for the Texas coast from Matagorda Island to the mouth of the Rio Grande River. The National Hurricane Center expects Tropical Storm Don to make landfall on the south Texas coast...
Tropical Storm Warning Issued for Texas Coast
Jul 28 2011 // The National Hurricane Center has issued tropical storm warnings and watches for areas along the Texas coast after the formation of Tropical Storm Don just north of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. As of 10 a.m. on July...
Season’s First Major Storm Threatens Gulf of Mexico, Texas
Jul 27 2011 // The first major Gulf of Mexico storm of the year is brewing over the northwestern Caribbean Sea, with an 80 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone as it heads northwest to the Texas coast, and posing a threat to...
Ohio’s Losses From 2011 Storms Top $500M
Jul 26 2011 // A handful of major storms that damaged parts of Ohio this year have caused more than a half-billion dollars in insured losses, and that number is expected to increase. Five storms have led to an estimated 125,000 claims...
Texas Gov. Signs Windstorm Bill, Measure Affecting Surplus Lines
Jul 21 2011 // Legislative measures passed during the special session of the 82nd Legislature that impact the insurance industry in Texas have been signed by the governor. On July 19, Gov. Rick Perry signed Senate Bill 1 and Senate Bill...
Travelers Posts Q2 Loss with $1 Billion in Tornado Costs
Jul 21 2011 // Travelers Cos. Inc. reported a second-quarter loss, missing analysts’ estimates by a huge margin as the property insurer suffered more than $1 billion in catastrophe losses from record-breaking tornadoes in April and...
Tropical Storm Ma-On Makes Landfall, Heavy Rains in Southern Japan
Jul 20 2011 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Ma-On made landfall in southern Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island late Tuesday night local time. Dr. Peter Sousounis, principal scientist at AIR...
NHC Tracking Tropical Storm Bret
Jul 18 2011 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking Bret, the second named tropical storm of the season. Unless it changes course, which is highly unlikely, Bret poses no threat to the U.S. mainland, as it is...
