All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 8 2006 // Past, present and future hurricane issues, how to prepare for the 2006 hurricane season and what to expect will be discussed during the Feb. 8 to 11 Seventh Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference and Exhibit kicking off...
Feb 8 2006 // San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc. announced financial results for the three months and year ended Dec. 31, 2005, noting that the company’s gross written premiums topped $1 billion for the first time in its...
Feb 7 2006 // New legislation that would expedite the rebuilding process for hurricane victims will be suggested to the Florida Legislature by Tom Gallagher, the state’s CFO. The measure would ensure homeowners immediately receive...
Feb 7 2006 // Sun Prairie, Wis.-based General Casualty Insurance Companies are cautioning customers about the possibility that the shiny pre-owned Honda or Buick being considered for purchase may have been submerged in flood...
Feb 7 2006 // Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. reported a net operating loss attributable to common shareholders of $206.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2005, principally reflecting a $313.9 million net negative impact from...
Feb 7 2006 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited reported net income available to common shareholders of $90.1 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2005, or $0.57 per diluted common share, compared with net income of $495.0...
Feb 6 2006 // It was a year with more storms in the Atlantic than any other on record, and it was also the costliest hurricane season ever.Impact Forecasting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aon Corporation, studies some of the possible...
Feb 6 2006 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. reported a net loss of $33.6 million, or $0.76 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2005.This net loss includes net after-tax realized gains on investments of $37.0 million or $0.66 per share....
Feb 6 2006 // Is this the year Texas will be hit by the “big one?” Last year, Louisiana and Mississippi got hammered, Alabama and Florida, too, along with the year before. The big one, of course, is a hurricane–a...
Feb 6 2006 // There is no doubt that 2005’s unprecedented hurricane season stretched the human resources of the entire claims industry. Qualified, experienced adjusters were in high demand and short supply. While there are still...
Feb 5 2006 // Two Democrat and two Republican candidates are in an all-out battle to gain support as the candidate for governor. Visibility, action and the public’s conception of how the candidate’s actions affected them...
Feb 5 2006 // A list of the 2005 hurricane season’s most unique characteristics and facts has been released by Colorado State University. A CSU statement said that the just-completed hurricane season was the most active and...
Feb 5 2006 // There is no doubt that 2005’s unprecedented hurricane season stretched the human resources of the entire claims industry. Qualified, experienced adjusters were in high demand and short supply. While there are still...
Feb 5 2006 // Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information CenterWindstorm Conference speaker doesn’t think Mississippi wind vs. flood suits will succeed After 2004, 2005 hurricane season, record attendance...
Feb 5 2006 // The insurance industry is expected to pay out a record $56.8 billion for 2005 insured residential and business property losses.Is this the year Texas will be hit by the “big one?” Last year, Louisiana and...
Feb 5 2006 // Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information CenterWindstorm Conference speaker doesn’t think Mississippi wind vs. flood suits will succeed The controversy over litigation about wind vs. flood damage...
Feb 5 2006 // There is no doubt that 2005’s unprecedented hurricane season stretched the human resources of the entire claims industry. Qualified, experienced adjusters were in high demand and short supply. While there are still...
Feb 3 2006 // A violent thunderstorm swept through neighborhoods in New Orleans hit hard by Hurricane Katrina, tearing off roofs, knocking down utility poles and collapsing at least one previously storm-damaged house early on Feb. 2,...
Feb 2 2006 // Homeowners insurers have settled nearly 70 percent of claims from Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.).The I.I.I. estimated that more than 732,000...
Feb 2 2006 // Insurer Allstate Corp. says it has settled about 75 percent of the property claims and nearly all auto claims stemming from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.But the company cited Wilma, which battered south Florida in...