All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 14 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported that it deployed staff to all Texas disaster recovery centers (DRCs) to assist Hurricane Katrina evacuees with their insurance questions and claims, including workers’...
Sep 14 2005 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. provides a safety net for the ever-increasing number of Florida’s uninsurable property owners who can not find insurance, Bob Ricker, Citizens president, told members of the Florida...
Sep 14 2005 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation is partnering with the Insurance Journal to reach out to the insurance community for support and help for the victims and families of Hurricane Katrina.Beginning early last...
Sep 13 2005 // Fitch Ratings has placed the ratings of five North American property/casualty insurance and reinsurance organizations on Rating Watch Negative Tuesday based on potential large loss exposures to Hurricane Katrina.The...
Sep 12 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Houston announced that IIAH has been contacted by IIABA about the possibility of setting up an “agency buddy system” with the three state associations hit by Hurricane...
Sep 12 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents will provide up to $100,000 in assistance to the three PIA state affiliates hit by Hurricane Katrina. Funds will be provided by PIA National to PIA of Louisiana,...
Sep 12 2005 // Hurricane Ophelia circled in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South and North Carolina on Sunday and will continue to do so today. More than 250 miles of coastline has been placed under a tropical storm watch from...
Sep 12 2005 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited gave no figures for its estimated net losses from Hurricane Katrina, but indicated that they “are estimated to be within its current expectations of consolidated operating...
Sep 12 2005 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has issued an initial assessment of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on its financial results. Bermuda’s premier property reinsurer gave no precise figures, indicating that “due to...
Sep 12 2005 // As the Reinsurance Rendezvous opens in Monte Carlo, A.M. Best Co. has issued a comment on the possible impact of Hurricane Katrina on the global insurance industry.Many of the biggest European companies – Munich Re...
Sep 12 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has placed its ratings on 10 interactively rated insurance and reinsurance groups on CreditWatch with negative implications due to their possible...
Sep 12 2005 // Insurance adjusters now trudging through the rubble along the Mississippi coast report they have never seen such massive destruction: houses totally demolished, businesses destroyed and especially heavy damage in...
Sep 12 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance is updating daily important information regarding recovery from Hurricane Katrina, including company contact information, on the department’s Web site at...
Sep 10 2005 // Hurricane Ophelia has gained strength, with hurricane-force winds of 85 mph with higher gusts and is expected to make landfall along the southeast Atlantic coast Sunday evening or Monday–but the National Hurricane...
Sep 9 2005 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced its initial assessment of the losses sustained from Hurricane Katrina and the “Great New Orleans Flood” would be approximately $150 million.In...
Sep 9 2005 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale has issued a bulletin to insurance companies urging insurers pay all valid claims from Hurricane Katrina. The bulletin warns insurers that if they deny a claim, they will be...
Sep 9 2005 // While Pennsylvania-based Erie Insurance does not have policyholders in the areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina, the company is still doing its part in the recovery efforts. The company has launched a two-week campaign to...
Sep 9 2005 // Risk Management Solutions now estimates that insured losses from Hurricane Katrina are expected to be $40-$60 billion, of which $15-$25 billion are related to the Great New Orleans Flood.Total economic losses may now...
Sep 9 2005 // With much discussion over just how quickly and effectively the federal government responded to Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown may be the fall guy.Brown was...
Sep 9 2005 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Louisiana announced it is assisting agents, carriers and policyholders in Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.One of the biggest challenges right now is...