All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 31 2005 // Insurance adjusters are scrambling around South Florida, where before crossing into the Gulf of Mexico and becoming a catastrophic hurricane, Katrina slapped Dade and Broward counties with damages experts estimate from...
Aug 31 2005 // In an effort to alleviate some of the pain that Hurricane Katrina has brought to the southeastern part of the United States, ProBuilders is offering reduced premiums to those contractors licensed and domiciled in the...
Aug 31 2005 // A list of survivors and those whose fate is unknown following Hurricane Katrina is up and running at www.gulfcoastnews.com. The site has a survivor list with the person’s hometown address and the latest updates on...
Aug 30 2005 // Although they are still relatively rare, compared to the number of commercial property policies in force, a number of cat bonds covering specific property risks were briefly threatened by Hurricane Katrina.However,...
Aug 30 2005 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist has announced his office has reached settlements with two companies accused of price gouging during last year’s record-setting hurricane season. Both cases involve established...
Aug 30 2005 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) decided on Wednesday to cancel their fall conference, scheduled for New Orleans from Sept. 10-13. Approximately 1,500 insurance regulators, industry...
Aug 29 2005 // At noon Monday, Hurricane Katrina’s sustained winds had decreased to 105 mph, with higher gusts and it was a Category 2 hurricane, leaving in its wake damage from Florida to Louisiana.The center of Katrina was at...
Aug 29 2005 // Oakland, Calif.-based EQECAT, Inc., Oakland, Calif., announced Sunday afternoon that based upon current information provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) about Hurricane Katrina,...
Aug 29 2005 // Hurricane Katrina likely will be the largest insured loss from a single event since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and the largest U.S. hurricane loss since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Fitch Ratings said...
Aug 28 2005 // Officials, residents and tourists went into the evening hours Sunday in New Orleans and surrounding areas watching the skies. As rain began to fall and winds picked up, The Big Easy could be in line for a direct and...
Aug 28 2005 // Michael Brown, under secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response, announced that Federal resources are being allocated to support emergency protective response efforts response efforts in the...
Aug 28 2005 // Based on the current track and forecast intensity (as of Sunday afternoon), insured losses from Hurricane Katrina’s second landfall on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. could be even more devastating than previous...
Aug 27 2005 // Having already killed seven and resulting in a variety of property damages, Hurricane Katrina set her sights on the Florida Panhandle and westward Saturday as she spun in the Gulf of Mexico.As of Saturday morning, the...
Aug 26 2005 // AIR Worldwide Corp., a risk modeling company, estimates that insured losses from the initial landfall of Hurricane Katrina should not exceed $600 million. With maximum sustained wind speeds of 80 mph at landfall, Hurricane...
Aug 26 2005 // CNA insurance companies announced the opening of a Catastrophe Operations Center within its Nashville, Tennessee office for handling anticipated claims from Hurricane Katrina. All new Hurricane Katrina losses should be...
Aug 26 2005 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, said that insured losses from Hurricane Katrina’s first landfall in the U.S. are likely to range from $1 to...
Aug 26 2005 // Attorney General Charlie Crist has advised Floridians affected by Hurricane Katrina to use extra caution when hiring workers to help clean up the damage caused by the storm. In particular, the Attorney General warned those...
Aug 24 2005 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami predicts Tropical Depression 12 will build to near hurricane strength before it hits the South Florida coast late Thursday as Hurricane Katrina. Forecasters say Hurricane Katrina...
Aug 24 2005 // A 12-member Task Force on Long-Term Solutions for Florida’s Hurricane Insurance Market meets today in Tallahassee to discuss how to help Floridians obtain hurricane insurance, amid complaints that consumers...
Aug 22 2005 // Homes built under the Florida Building Code that became effective in 2002 sustained less damage on average than those built between 1994 and 2001 under the Standard Building Code, according to a University of Florida study...