All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2006 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami has designated Florence as the sixth named storm of the current season. According to the most recent (11:00 a.m. AST) bulletin, a tropical depression over the Central Atlantic Ocean...
Sep 5 2006 // Most of the major damage to public facilities caused by a 12-minute storm in Provo, Utah, that caused $13 million in damages has been resolved.Provo city, which lost $1.2 million in trees and took a $1.3 million hit to the...
Aug 31 2006 // With an ever-increasing number of policyholders, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is considerably under-funded in the event a major hurricane makes landfall in Galveston or Corpus Christi, according to Jerry...
Aug 31 2006 // Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced it has proposed a set of guiding principles before the Texas Legislature’s Joint Committee on Windstorm Coverage and Budget Impact during a public hearing in Corpus...
Aug 29 2006 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced it has submitted information regarding residual insurance markets and natural catastrophes to the Texas Joint Committee on Windstorm Coverage and Budgetary Impact for its...
Aug 29 2006 // At its Board of Directors meeting in Austin on Aug. 25 and 26, the Texas Insurance Professionals (PIA Texas) discussed the current situation facing the Texas insurance market as it relates to the Texas Windstorm Insurance...
Aug 27 2006 // As of 11:00 am EDT, when the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued its latest bulletin, Tropical Storm Ernesto had become a Category 1 hurricane, the first of the current season.The hurricane’s center was located...
Aug 25 2006 // Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes swept off Lake Michigan Wednesday evening, downing trees and power lines and causing some injuries in Indiana and killing one resident in Minnesota.In LaPorte County, Ind., 911 Assistant...
Aug 23 2006 // Tropical Depression 4 has strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby, the fourth named storm of the current season. According to the most recent bulletin from Miami’s National Hurricane Center, “maximum sustained...
Aug 18 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance has scheduled a public hearing for Aug. 22, 2006, at 10:00 a.m., for Docket No. 2643: Consideration of a petition by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) requesting approval of...
Aug 17 2006 // An insurance company legally denied coverage to a business seeking to renew its policy in the days before Hurricane Isabel struck North Carolina, the state’s Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 15.HPB Enterprises, the owner...
Aug 10 2006 // More than 433,000 people have been evacuated from parts of China’s southeastern coast that are due to be hit by Typhoon Saomai, a government news agency reported ThursdaySaomai was expected to hit the mainland on...
Aug 7 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate–such as the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft–the public is losing confidence in the digital...
Aug 7 2006 // As reports of computer security breaches proliferate—such as the federal government’s snafu that put millions of veterans at risk for identity theft—the public is losing confidence in the digital...
Aug 1 2006 // Germany’s Hannover Re announced that Eurus Ltd., a special purpose vehicle, has issued a CAT bond with a volume of $150 million, giving the reinsurer windstorm protection with immediate effect for a term of...
Jul 25 2006 // “It was like Armageddon,” independent agent Pam Sakowski says of the hailstorm that hammered Exeter, New Hampshire, on July 11.Sakowski, who owns the Ray F. MacDonald Agency in Durham, was visiting her friends...
Jul 24 2006 // China’s premier has urged local officials to redouble efforts in caring for victims of Tropical Storm Bilis, state media reported Sunday, underscoring concerns about lapses in responding to the storm that killed more...
Jul 24 2006 // Although many in the insurance industry don’t think they are going up enough, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (www.twia.org) is set to raise its rates effective Sept. 1 for new and renewal policies....
Jul 24 2006 // Survey finds Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia most preparedAverage insured homeowners throughout Gulf and Atlantic coastal communities have taken just half the steps which would best position them to recover...
Jul 21 2006 // Damage from a storm in Coleharbor, N.D. has been estimated at just under $2 million, state Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman says. Officials believe straight-line winds of about 100 mph likely caused the damage on July...