All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 16 2007 // Texas Windstorm Insurance Association policyholders’ rates will go up begining Feb. 1, 2008, as a result of rate increases approved by the Texas Department of Insurance yesterday.Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Nov 12 2007 // Two Kansas legislative leaders outlined a $17.5 million relief package Saturday, (Nov. 10) to help flood-stricken southeast Kansas and tornado-ravaged Greensburg, with money to encourage home building and tax breaks for...
Nov 2 2007 // U.S. forecasters have issued an advisory for Noel, now a Category 1 hurricane and this season’s most dangerous storm, which is moving northward between the southeastern U.S. and Bermuda and growing in size.The...
Nov 1 2007 // Floridians with homeowner, commercial and liability insurance polices will pay a third 2 percent surcharge to help cover claims against four insurers that went belly up after a series of hurricanes in 2004 and...
Oct 30 2007 // Noel, a late season tropical storm, has caused extensive damage in the Dominican Republic and threatens greater havoc in Haiti. The two countries, who share the island of Hispaniola, have been hit with high winds and...
Oct 29 2007 // An Owensboro, Ky., bar that dates back to the end of Prohibition is being torn down after tornadoes that were part of storms that swept through western Kentucky caused irreparable damage to the structure.Martin’s Bar...
Oct 27 2007 // News CurrentsSouth Carolina Insurance Director Scott Richardson is proposing a loss-allocation method that he hopes will alleviate any confusion between water damage and wind damage the next time a hurricane reduces...
Oct 21 2007 // A tornado damaged a church, a daycare center and the city’s major shopping mall as violent thunderstorms made their way across the western Florida Panhandle last week. There were no reports of injuries.The Oct. 18...
Oct 19 2007 // State money normally reserved for first-time North Dakota home buyers will be available to Northwood residents who want to replace their tornado-damaged homes, a housing official says.Michael Anderson, director of the...
Oct 19 2007 // More than 30 people were hurt and more than two dozen mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged as severe thunderstorms raked across Oklahoma on Wednesday, authorities said.At least 30 people were injured when a strong...
Oct 16 2007 // Risk management Solutions commemorated the 20th anniversary of the destructive 1987 windstorm that struck Southern England and Northern France with a warning (See IJ web site Oct. 15).Lloyd’s and the UK’s Met...
Oct 16 2007 // Indiana University has started construction on a data center that will protect technology resources, including the Big Red supercomputer, during storms, power outages or even a tornado.The $32.7 million Indiana University...
Oct 15 2007 // A bipartisan group of state lawmakers want to provide $50 million to build new housing in Kansas communities still hurting from storms earlier this year.The Greensburg tornado in May and flooding in southeast Kansas...
Oct 15 2007 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has released an impact study of the potential losses from a windstorm of the force and velocity of the one that hit Southern England and Northern France in 1987, if it occurred today.The...
Oct 12 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company announced that its Instrat(R) unit has published a report on the impact of the powerful East Coast Low (ECL) pressure system that hit New South Wales in Australia between June 7-10, 2007.The...
Oct 8 2007 // The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, H.R. 3121, by a vote of 263-146 on Sept. 27, heating up a topic already on fire. While supporting efforts to modernize and...
Oct 8 2007 // The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, H.R. 3121, by a vote of 263-146 on Sept. 27, heating up a topic already on fire. While supporting efforts to modernize and...
Oct 8 2007 // The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure updating the nation’s flood insurance program that will give homeowners the option of purchasing windstorm coverage as part of their flood policy.The legislation...
Oct 8 2007 // At the center of the controversy is a provision by Congressman Gene Taylor of Mississippi that would expand the NFIP to include an optional multiple peril policy — to allow property owners to purchase wind and flood...
Oct 8 2007 // More than two years have gone by, but no one can forget the devastating effects Hurricane Katrina had on the Gulf Coast. Yet legislators and industry leaders continue to debate how to prevent future problems associated...