Insurance News from September 17, 2009
National News
Gulf Coast Construction ‘Woefully Inadequate’ to Survive Storm Flooding
Government minimum flood elevation requirements for properties vulnerable to storm...
International & Reinsurance News
AIR Tracking ‘Super Typhoon’ Choi-Wan, a Category 5 Storm
According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, tropical cyclone Choi-Wan,...
East News
Connecticut Hospital Sued over Woman’s Suicide
The family of a Connecticut woman who killed herself three days after her grandson...
West News
California’s Poizner Campaigns in Silicon Valley
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner joined three other gubernatorial...
Southeast News
Potential Hurricane Insurance Losses Added to Florida’s Long-Range Deficit Projections
A House-Senate budget panel has added the state's risk of incurring billions of dollars...
Texas / South Central News
Lawmakers Eye Tornado Shelters for Trailer Parks in Oklahoma
Prompted by a deadly February tornado in southern Oklahoma, a state House panel on...
Midwest News
Wisconsin Democrats Promise Crackdown on Drunken-Drivers
Democrats who control the Wisconsin Legislature promise to focus on cracking down on...