All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 31 2006 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department suspended a Locust Grove, Okla., insurance agent’s license for failing to send in premium payments for several victims of this month’s tornado in Delaware County, the...
Mar 30 2006 // Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and Speaker Tom Craddick recently released the names of Senate and House of Representatives appointees to the Joint Select Committee on Windstorm Coverage.The Joint Select Committee...
Mar 29 2006 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and Texas FAIR Plan Association have elected new officers for 2006.Elected were: chairman, James Elbert, owner of Elbert Insurance Agency in Lake Jackson, Texas; vice chairman,...
Mar 27 2006 // President George W. Bush has declared several areas in Northern California a Federal Disaster Area, following the devastating storms, flooding, and mudslides that occurred in several counties last December and in January...
Mar 22 2006 // Volunteers clearing debris from a flooded New Orleans’ Ninth Ward grammar school had state officials in a frenzy as thousands of dollars in storm damage was being tossed to the curb before insurance adjusters or...
Mar 21 2006 // Springfield, Ill. Mayor Tim Davlin said the damage caused to private property during a recent violent storm that generated a pair of tornadoes could top $100 million. .The figure stems from an informal report collected...
Mar 20 2006 // Sound, up-to-date and successful building codes are essential for construction, but codes must also be enforced and continuously updated to effectively contribute to disaster mitigation, said Leonard C. Brevik, National...
Mar 16 2006 // Gov. Matt Blunt said this week that representatives from the Consumer Services section of the Missouri Department of Insurance will be visiting areas of the state hardest hit by the recent severe weather.Major insurers...
Mar 14 2006 // Insurance companies in the Midwest are beginning to tally claims connected to hundreds of tornadoes and severe storms that hit a five state region in the Midwest late Saturday and early Sunday. Illinois, Indiana, Missouri,...
Mar 13 2006 // Heavy windstorms and tornadoes hit the Midwest yesterday causing major damage in five states. Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma were ravaged by high winds, rain and hail in addition to tornadoes. Several...
Mar 7 2006 // The next 11-year solar storm cycle is expected to be 30 to 50 percent stronger than the current one, and could slow satellite orbits, disrupt communications, bring down power systems, and force airplanes to take alternate...
Mar 6 2006 // Hurricane season is just a few short months away and the head of a Texas-based insurance trade group already sees some dark clouds on the horizon.“The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is considerably under...
Mar 6 2006 // A panel of eight insurance experts agreed unanimously that carriers are closely scrutinizing Florida and are hesitant to renew homeowners policies. Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center,...
Mar 2 2006 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association announced it will hold “underwriting basics workshops” in various locations throughout the state. TWIA noted that these workshops will help new agents/agency personnel...
Feb 23 2006 // While increased frequency of hurricanes is nothing new in historical terms, the enormous growth in coastal population and development is dramatically increasing the potential for insured losses, according to a new paper...
Feb 15 2006 // A panel of eight insurance experts agreed unanimously that carriers are closely scrutinizing Florida and are hesitant to renew homeowners policies during a panel moderated by Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane...
Feb 8 2006 // Past, present and future hurricane issues, how to prepare for the 2006 hurricane season and what to expect will be discussed during the Feb. 8 to 11 Seventh Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference and Exhibit kicking off...
Feb 6 2006 // President George W. Bush declared 10 California counties that were battered by storms and flooding over the holidays as disaster areas where homeowners and businesses will be eligible for federal aid, the White House...
Feb 6 2006 // It was a year with more storms in the Atlantic than any other on record, and it was also the costliest hurricane season ever.Impact Forecasting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aon Corporation, studies some of the possible...