All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 19 2006 // FIC supports efforts to strengthen the Florida Uniform Statewide Building Code by requiring shutters, impact-resistant glass or other opening protections on all new construction where winds of 120 miles or greater have...
Mar 19 2006 // Berkshire’s Buffett still high on insurance despite catastrophe riskGen Re misfortunes overcome by Geico’s stellar performance, Buffett says Warren E. Buffett, the billionaire chairman of giant Berkshire...
Mar 19 2006 // Earthquakes, floods and wildfires oh my!Solid disaster recovery plan keeps surplus lines brokerage firm afloat in New Orleans In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans area office of Crump Insurance Services was...
Mar 19 2006 // The Antifraud Task Force cited the need for a uniform database that would allow state authorities to track vehicles damaged by floods.Federal Bureau of Investigation targeting insurance fraud Agent reports to insurance...
Mar 19 2006 // Panelists agreed unanimously that uniform statewide building codes are necessary to have everyone prepared for hurricanes and that local building departments had to enforce stronger codes.Up-to-date building codes,...
Mar 19 2006 // Legislators are meeting across the Southeast to discuss a wide variety of insurance issues: Proposals in Florida would designate hurricane tax revenue to help pay for hurricane repairs; there are a dozen proposals in...
Mar 17 2006 // Southfield, Mich.-based North Pointe Holdings Corporation reported financial results for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2005.Fourth quarter results include pre-tax expenses attributable to hurricane losses and...
Mar 17 2006 // Civil courts in New Orleans, La., have begun trying to speed up storm-related lawsuits – many of them against insurance companies – that deal with who should pay for property damages caused by hurricanes...
Mar 16 2006 // Texas insurers are seeking state approval of a plan to bolster a windstorm insurance pool for coastal property owners at risk during hurricane season.The industry wants the Legislature to approve $800 million in bonds to...
Mar 15 2006 // A report in Jackson, Miss. by Insurance Commissioner George Dale shows that six months after Hurricane Katrina struck a devastating blow to the Gulf Coast, major insurers have made solid progress and are committed to...
Mar 15 2006 // Anita Richardson’s insurance company gave her $4,500 to repair what her contractor says is $50,000 worth of damage done when Hurricane Katrina ripped apart the roof of her New Orleans, La., home and poured about two...
Mar 14 2006 // Hiscox Plc, the U.K.-based Lloyd’s and specialty insurer, released its 2005 preliminary results on Monday, March 13. Although Hiscox was one of many companies whose earnings were adversely affected by last...
Mar 14 2006 // The trials and tribulations encountered after Hurricane Katrina will be discussed by Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance George Dale, the featured speaker during the Thursday, March 16 monthly meeting of the Independent...
Mar 14 2006 // Aon Re Global announced today that it has produced research on the impact of earnings volatility on shareholder value for insurers and reinsurers.Hurricane Katrina and the entire hurricane season provided an interesting...
Mar 14 2006 // Challenges like disappearing markets, looming hurricanes and the quest to add more to the bottom line will all be addressed during a Professional Insurance Agents of Florida Member Forum on May 12 in Orlando at the Caribe...
Mar 13 2006 // President Bush has authorized the extension of disaster unemployment benefits to individuals affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Louisiana Department of Labor announced.“Approximately 92,000 people whose...
Mar 10 2006 // Residents in Florida’s Panhandle will remain vulnerable to the destructive forces of hurricanes until lawmakers stand up to irresponsible special interests that have worked to keep much of Northwest Florida exempt...
Mar 8 2006 // Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. has reported a 20 percent drop in pretax profits in its preliminary earnings report. The U.K.’s largest insurance broker said that profit “before tax, exceptional items and...
Mar 8 2006 // Tougher building code standards aimed at reducing future hurricane damage in North Carolina have been forwarded to a state committee studying disaster management by Insurance Commissioner Jim Long.Long petitioned the Joint...
Mar 7 2006 // Florida Senator Mike Fasano, R-Dist. 11, has added his name to the growing list of legislators who support Tom Gallagher’s plan to use tax revenue derived from hurricane reconstruction costs for immediate insurance...