All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 21 2005 // Several top insurance executives discussed the ramifications of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters in a panel discussion last month at the annual meeting of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of...
Nov 21 2005 // Stock Prices: Despite the devastation caused by the three major hurricanes which struck the Gulf Coast and parts of Florida sending reinsurers scrambling to raise money to prevent ratings downgrades, commercial lines...
Nov 21 2005 // The serious challenge to Florida’s economy, the rising cost of property insurance and five solutions to hurricane issues were discussed on Nov. 7 in Tallahassee by Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher at a briefing...
Nov 21 2005 // Mississippi is still waiting to hear from the federal government what its share of the Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts will cost according to Buddy Bynum, a spokesman for Gov. Haley Barbour.States are required to pick...
Nov 21 2005 // Three Mississippi residents have been accused of making false claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Hur-ricane Katrina relief funds.Dunn Lampton, U.S. Attorney for the southern district of Mississippi, told...
Nov 21 2005 // After any natural disaster, people who suffered property damage eventually look for sources of money to repair their damage and/or replace their loss with insurance being the first source for those with policies. In this...
Nov 21 2005 // Majority of losses sustained in Louisiana, Texas.The Insurances Services Office expects property and casualty losses from Hurricane Rita to hit $4.7 billion, with the majority of losses occurring in Texas and Louisiana....
Nov 20 2005 // Several top insurance executives discussed the ramifications of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters in a panel discussion last month at the annual meeting of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of...
Nov 20 2005 // Brian, Brad and Dean Shecht-man, cousins who allegedly swindled more than 1,200 elderly victims out of millions of dollars in a bait-and-switch insurance scheme are in the limelight again as details surface about a...
Nov 20 2005 // South Florida insurance agents encouraged the thousands of automobile owners who had vehicle damage during Hurricane Wilma to report them as soon as possible so they could be repaired, some agencies even held weekend...
Nov 20 2005 // The serious challenge to Florida’s economy, the rising cost of property insurance and five solutions to hurricane issues were discussed on Nov. 7 in Tallahassee by Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher at a briefing...
Nov 20 2005 // Plantation, Fla., ‘Insurance Village’The “Insurance Village” established by Florida’s Depart-ment of Financial Services in Plantation, Fla. west of Fort Lauderdale, had a lot of damaged...
Nov 20 2005 // FloridaFAIA Likes Due-Diligence DecisionThe Florida Association of Insu-rance Agents has filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief with the First District Court of Appeals in a case involving an insurance agent who...
Nov 20 2005 // Hurricane Rita Claims Expected to Hit $4.7 BillionMajority of losses sustained in Louisiana, Texas. The Insurances Services Office expects property and casualty losses from Hurricane Rita to hit $4.7 billion, with the...
Nov 20 2005 // After any natural disaster, people who suffered property damage eventually look for sources of money to repair their damage and/or replace their loss with insurance being the first source for those with policies. In this...
Nov 20 2005 // ArkansasMobile Home Lawsuit Dismissed The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nationwide Mutu-al Fire Insurance Co. over payment of a claim after a mobile home caught fire in Beebe, Ark. The Associated...
Nov 20 2005 // Stock Prices: Despite the devastation caused by the three major hurricanes which struck the Gulf Coast and parts of Florida sending reinsurers scrambling to raise money to prevent ratings downgrades, commercial lines...
Nov 17 2005 // The Progressive Corporation today reported its financial results for October 2005.Net premiums written were $1.328.1 million, a 4 percent increase from $1,279.8 million in October 2004. Net premiums earned were $1,340...
Nov 16 2005 // McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, a law firm based in the Gulf Coast region, has launched a comprehensive resource for companies with business interests in hurricane-affected areas.The blog, found at www.hurricanelawblog.com,...
Nov 16 2005 // The original article contained a significant mathematical error. U.K.-based international insurer and reinsurer, Brit Insurance Holdings PLC, announced that claims arising from Hurricane Wilma, net of reinsurance...