Latest Hurricane Headlines

All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.

The Rising Risk of Inland Flooding

Sep 7 2020 // Not Only in FEMA Zones, Not Only During Hurricane SeasonMajor companies across the U.S. are increasingly recognizing the risk for inland flooding and with good reason. As recent hurricanes like Harvey and Florence made...

Texas Windstorm Insurer: No Rate Change for Now

Sep 7 2020 // The board of directors of Texas’ property insurer last resort for wind and hail in the state’s coastal counties voted in August to file a 0% rate change with the Texas Department of InsuranceThe Texas Windstorm...

FAIA Chief Grady Says Goodbye, Shares Top Moments in 22-Year Career

Sep 7 2020 // For 22 years, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents has been led by Jeff Grady, president and chief executive officer, who admits that when he started all those years ago he did not expect to “fall in love with...

11K People Seek State Shelter in Louisiana After Hurricane Laura

Sep 3 2020 // Growing numbers of Louisiana residents are turning to the state to find a place to stay after Hurricane Laura ravaged the state’s southwestern region, wrecking homes, ripping away roofs and leaving hundreds of...

Key Air Monitors Offline After Laura Hits Louisiana Energy Hub

Sep 1 2020 // Hazardous emissions from a chlorine plant fire, abruptly shuttered oil and gas refineries and still-to-be assessed plant damage are seeping into the air after Hurricane Laura, regulators say, but some key state and federal...

Why Some Organizations Are Managing Coronavirus Risk Better Than Others

Sep 1 2020 // While few, if any, organizations saw the coronavirus pandemic and all of its death and disruption coming, some were better positioned to deal with it than others.According to risk expert Jim Wetekamp, some organizations...

Florida Borrows $2.25B for Hurricane Fund While Rates Are Low

Sep 1 2020 // With hurricane season barreling down on Florida, the state is seizing on low interest rates to borrow $2.25 billion for its catastrophe insurance fund.The State Board of Administration Finance Corp. is joining state and...

Cat Risk Modelers Air Worldwide, KCC Release Laura Insured Loss Estimates

Aug 31 2020 // Estimates for insured property losses associated with Hurricane Laura by catastrophe risk modeling firms Air Worldwide and Karen Clark and Co. (KCC) are similar — both fall into the $8 billion range — but they are not...

What Tampa Bay’s Worst-Case Scenario, ‘Hurricane Phoenix’ Could Look Like

Aug 31 2020 // It is only a simulation. It’s also the worst-case scenario. One day, it could be reality.“Hurricane Phoenix” is the hypothetical disaster that would change life in the Tampa Bay area forever. Imagine a...

Fire at Hurricane-Hit Louisiana Chemical Plant Contained

Aug 30 2020 // A chlorine chemical fire that erupted last Thursday, triggering shelter-in-place orders and closing roadways in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, has been brought under control, the plant’s owner said on Friday.KIK...

CoreLogic Estimates Hurricane Laura Insured Losses at $8B to $12B

Aug 28 2020 // Property information, analytics and data provider, CoreLogic, has estimated residential and commercial insured losses from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and Texas will come in at between $8 billion and $12 billion.That...

Update: Hurricane Laura Kills 6 in Louisiana, but Damage Is Less than Expected

Aug 28 2020 // Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana on Thursday, killing six people and flattening buildings across a wide swatch of the state before moving into Arkansas with heavy rains.Laura’s powerful gusts uprooted trees...

Fire Burns at Hurricane-Hit Louisiana Chemical Plant

Aug 28 2020 // Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Thursday asked residents in three southwestern communities to stay indoors with windows and doors shut as a plume rose from a chemical fire at a Biolab plant in an area hit by...

Why Damage from Hurricanes Keeps Rising

Aug 28 2020 // A destructive storm rising from warm waters. Again.America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which menaced the U.S. Gulf Coast, because of a...

Damage from Whopper Hurricanes Increasing for Many Reasons

Aug 27 2020 // America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura because of a combination of increased coastal development, natural climate cycles, reductions in air...

4 Killed as Hurricane Laura Slams Louisiana, but Less Damage Than Forecast

Aug 27 2020 // Hurricane Laura ripped through Louisiana on Thursday, destroying buildings in towns across the southwestern corner of the state and killing four people who were crushed by falling trees as they sheltered in their homes,...

Actuaries Index: Extreme Climate Conditions Hit New High in Winter 2019-20

Aug 27 2020 // A multiyear trend of increasing climate condition measurements from the U.S. and Canada hit a new high in winter 2019-2020, according a new Actuaries Climate Index released this week.The quarterly data’s key metric...

Analysts Warn of Effects of Hurricane Laura Losses on P/C Insurers

Aug 27 2020 // Ratings analysts A.M. Best and Moody’s are expecting property/casualty insurers and reinsurers to suffer meaningful losses from Hurricane Laura.A.M. Best expects losses from Hurricane Laura to place added stress on...

As FAIA Chief Grady Says Goodbye, He Shares His Top 10 Moments

Aug 27 2020 // For 22 years, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents has been led by Jeff Grady, president and chief executive officer, who admits that when he started all those years ago he did not expect to “fall in love with...

Hurricane Laura Slows After Landfall; Inland Storm Surge Expected

Aug 26 2020 // HOUSTON, Texas, Aug 27 08:12 AM – Hurricane Laura made landfall early on Thursday in southwestern Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state, with forecasters warning it could push a massive wall...