All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 22 2007 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents’ state-of-the-art catastrophe response vehicle (CRV) arrived in Greensburg, Kan. earlier this week to assist insurance agents whose offices were demolished by the tornado...
May 21 2007 // EMC Insurance Cos. said it expects to see losses of up to $21 million from storms in May, including devastating tornadoes that killed at least 11 people in Kansas. Des Moines-based EMC insures several businesses and homes...
May 21 2007 // State Farm Insurance Co. has paid out about $12 million in claims with more still coming in after a Kansas tornado that destroyed a town two weeks ago and killed at least a dozen people, the company said.Home and auto...
May 18 2007 // Gov. Marc Racicot, president of the American Insurance Association (AIA), praised the insurance industry for its quick response in assessing the damage and paying policyholder claims in the aftermath of the devastating...
May 18 2007 // With the 2007 hurricane season on the horizon, Steve Munnell acknowledges that the state’s roofing contractors are “praying for rain.”The executive director of the Florida Roofing, Sheet Metal and Air...
May 16 2007 // During the 2004-2005 Florida hurricane seasons, there were anecdotal reports that appurtenant structures such as pool enclosures, garages, carports, and sunrooms substantially contributed to the total storm damage either...
May 15 2007 // EMC Insurance Cos. said it expects to see losses of up to $21 million from storms last weekend, including devastating tornadoes that killed at least 11 people in Kansas.Des Moines-based EMC insures several businesses and...
May 11 2007 // South Dakota and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will undertake a preliminary damage assessment in a dozen South Dakota counties affected by last weekend’s tornadoes and flooding.Not every home or business...
May 10 2007 // She’s certainly no hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of around 45 mph (75 kph), but her arrival signals an early start to the Atlantic storm season.Miami’s National Hurricane Center logged in its first...
May 8 2007 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger wants citizens to know the Kansas Insurance Department is here to help.In a statement on Monday morning she said, “The past weekend has been devastating for the state of...
May 7 2007 // Warns falling prices mean profits are at, or are steadily, approaching the cyclical peakAnother report on the insurance industry confirms and details what has been widely acknowledged: a sharp decline in catastrophes in...
May 2 2007 // The Florida Senate has voted against requiring people with houses worth $300,000 or more in much of the state to buy hurricane shutters the next time they make any major home improvement.Critics said too many people simply...
Apr 27 2007 // Insured losses from the storm that spawned tornadoes and large hail over portions of the Dallas Fort Worth area on April 13, have been set at approximately $100 million, the Insurance Council of Texas reported.Twenty...
Apr 26 2007 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has toured areas along the Texas/Mexico border that recently were hit with violent storms and tornadoes. He issued state disaster proclamations for Maverick County as a result of the damage and loss...
Apr 24 2007 // Power districts across the state will receive at least $109 million in federal assistance for winter storm recovery efforts.The Federal Emergency Management Agency grants include $79.1 million for the Nebraska Public Power...
Apr 18 2007 // Federal officials have approved more than $17.7 million in payouts in connection with tornadoes that hit Florida last winter.The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it also approved an additional $20.6 million in...
Apr 18 2007 // Another report on the insurance industry confirms and details what has been widely acknowledged: a sharp decline in catastrophes in 2006 contributed to improved underwriting results for the year.The U.S. property/casualty...
Apr 18 2007 // Most people associate tornado activity with the “Tornado Alley” of the Great Plains states. While this is true in terms of the sheer numbers of tornadoes and losses, surprisingly, catastrophe modeling shows...
Apr 17 2007 // A fast moving storm that slammed into the Dallas/Fort Worth area on the night of April 13 spawned tornadoes and large hail and caused an estimated $25 million in insured losses. Two people, including an Irving police...
Apr 13 2007 // Industry trade group the Insurance Institute of Indiana reported that more than 95 percent of claims from the April 14, 2006, hail storm have been resolved, and complaints have been filed in less than one out of every 200...