All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2006 // The Massachusetts economy could be battered if a major storm were to hit the metropolitan Boston area because the state’s homeowners insurance market is undercapitalized, the state’s insurance regulator is...
Feb 5 2006 // There is no doubt that 2005’s unprecedented hurricane season stretched the human resources of the entire claims industry. Qualified, experienced adjusters were in high demand and short supply. While there are still...
Feb 5 2006 // Mandates, Regulations TopicsGa. LEGISLATIVE DAY Emphasis On Legislators SupportFla. GOVERNOR’S DEBATE: Candidates Pledge to Solve Citizens Property Insurance ProblemsFla. WINDSTORM CONFERENCE: Bailey Doesn’t...
Feb 2 2006 // Insurer Allstate Corp. says it has settled about 75 percent of the property claims and nearly all auto claims stemming from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.But the company cited Wilma, which battered south Florida in...
Feb 1 2006 // National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield and former NFL Player Danny Wuerffel will be among the keynote speakers sharing their experiences of last year’s hurricane season at the Seventh Annual Windstorm...
Jan 27 2006 // Tropical Storm Cindy has been upgraded to hurricane status by the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Accumulated data analyzed by NHC indicates that Cindy was “a relatively short-lived tropical cyclone,” but...
Jan 25 2006 // The controversy over litigation about wind vs. flood damage and what could happen in the market place and to the industry if Mississippi Attorney General James Hood and attorney Richard ‘Dickie’ Scruggs are...
Jan 23 2006 // The National Weather Service has declared Hawaii the first state in the nation to be tsunami- and storm-ready.Only 23 communities in the nation are tsunami-ready, according to David L. Johnson, director of the service....
Jan 18 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has determined that ice and snow storms hitting South Dakota last November did not cause enough damage to private property to qualify for an overall federal disaster designation, but...
Jan 12 2006 // New, tougher building codes go into effect in March for all Louisiana’s coastal parishes, and a recent donation should help public officials interpret and enforce them.The Legislature passed a law in November 2005...
Jan 11 2006 // Mississippi building and zoning codes requiring safer structures and more storm-aware development patterns are outlined as part of a 190-page final report issued by Gov. Haley Barbour’s Commission on Recovery,...
Jan 6 2006 // A team in the U.K. has produced a new wind damage prediction tool called EuroTempest, designed to provide local damage forecasts for European windstorms.An announcement on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyds.com) notes...
Jan 3 2006 // The “hurricane season” ends in November – right? Maybe not. Miami’s National Hurricane Center is currently tracking Tropical Storm Zeta – the latest (earliest?) tropical cyclone ever recorded...
Jan 2 2006 // The winter’s first major storm in California hit the Golden State over the weekend with a one-two punch, leaving streets flooded and homes and businesses damaged or destroyed.As skies began to clear some in Northern...
Jan 1 2006 // The wind came first. It pried off boards and shot debris into windows at Ron Peresich’s home on Biloxi’s (Mississippi) Back Bay. It tore off rooftops and buckled walls in Bud Ray’s Long Beach...
Dec 14 2005 // Two leading hurricane experts, Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, and Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center will summarize the conclusion of the 2005 hurricane season and...
Dec 12 2005 // The National Weather Service has declared Hawaii the first state in the nation to be both tsunami- and storm-ready.“This is an important accomplishment for the state and it shows the leadership of the local civic...
Dec 8 2005 // Predictions of 17 named storms in the Atlantic basin next year, with nine developing into hurricanes, have been predicted by William Gray and Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University. The experts forecast five major...
Nov 28 2005 // Cat bonds seem to be enjoying something of a revival in Europe, largely as a response to increased windstorm and flood losses, as well as the passage of Hurricane Katrina. Munich Re recently increased its commitment to...
Nov 28 2005 // Piles of snow and icy roads definitely were not what most Thanksgiving travelers wanted to deal with on their way home from the long holiday weekend. Meantime, tornadoes tore through several states damaging...