All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 19 2011 // Cincinnati Financial Corp. expects its property casualty group to see pre-tax catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, of $150 million to $200 million due to severe weather during April.Catastrophe losses affect property...
May 19 2011 // The swarm of tornadoes that killed more than 230 people across Alabama last month destroyed or heavily damaged more than 13,000 homes statewide and will smash the record set by Hurricane Ivan in 2004 to become the...
May 17 2011 // State Auto Financial Corp., based in Columbus, Ohio, has estimated its second quarter 2011 earnings will include between $75 million and $85 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses related to April storm activity, net of...
May 16 2011 // It used to be the low-frequency, high-severity events that kept U.S. property insurance producers, carriers, and reinsurers up at night. These big Cats have become part of our collective history – Hurricanes Andrew,...
May 12 2011 // Arkansas has seen 59 tornadoes so far this year, a number more than twice what the state sees in a typical year. There also have been 22 weather-related deaths. The warning coordination meteorologist at the National...
May 12 2011 // The Allstate Corp. today announced $1.4 billion in estimated catastrophe losses for the month of April.The estimated April catastrophe losses total about $1.37 billion for the Allstate brand and about $30 million for...
May 12 2011 // The April 27 tornado outbreak will likely end up being Alabama’s most costly natural disaster.Gov. Robert Bentley and state Insurance Commissioner Jim Ridling said the catastrophe modeling company AIR Worldwide...
May 11 2011 // Alabama residents who suffered severe losses due to a series of storms that swept through the Southeast last month have already filed over 65,000 storms, according to an estimate by state officials.Alabama Governor Robert...
May 11 2011 // The state Department of Public Safety is opening offices in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham to help Alabamians whose driver’s licenses and non-driver identification cards were lost in the tornadoes April 27. The offices...
May 9 2011 // Insured loss estimates from the storms that hit the Southern and Southeastern United States in late April total between $3.7 billion and $5.5 billion, says catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide.Insured losses account for...
May 6 2011 // Damage from Alabama’s deadly tornadoes could approach the state’s record of $2 billion from Hurricane Ivan in 2004, Alabama’s insurance commissioner said.Insurance commissioner Jim Ridling said early...
May 5 2011 // Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that proponents say will help protect homeowners from unscrupulous contractors.Senate Bill 101 bars contractors who fix roofs or do other exterior repairs from...
May 5 2011 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that more than $1 million in federal aid has been disbursed to Oklahomans recovering from the deadly April 14 tornado that tore through Atoka County. The Oklahoma...
May 2 2011 // Gov. Mary Fallin is requesting federal assistance for storm-battered Atoka County in southeast Oklahoma where initial damage estimates show more than $10 million in uninsured losses.Fallin has submitted the request to the...
May 2 2011 // Missouri insurance regulators say major homeowners and auto insurance companies in the state have received nearly 7,000 claims from St. Louis residents with damage from the April 22 (Good Friday) tornado.The companies...
May 2 2011 // Days after a series of tornadoes blew through Virginia, officials still are trying to determine exactly how much damage was done and what to do for those who have lost everything.Initial reports say more than 400 private...
May 2 2011 // The federal Emergency Management Agency says 17 Alabama counties now qualify for disaster assistance to homes and businesses damaged by tornadoes and storms.FEMA added seven counties to the list Sunday. They are Autauga,...
May 2 2011 // President Barack Obama approved a request by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin for federal disaster assistance for Atoka County following an April 14 tornado that devastated the town of Tushka. The EF3 tornado cut a swath four...
May 1 2011 // Federal officials vowed urgent support Sunday for a region devastated by the deadliest U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina, even as they acknowledged recovery would not be quick or easy.President Barack...
Apr 29 2011 // Officials in Southeast states hammered by a storm that killed at least 300 people have begun the task of evaluating the damage.Alabama appears to have suffered the brunt of the storm, where Tornadoes struck particularly...